La Barraca (The Hut), another very good display of Spanish Phenotypes.

[Voskos]

How well would they pass as Greeks?

Yeah in the mainland mostly (Epirus, Thessaly).

[alnortedelsur]

BTW, this mini TV series is only 9 chapters long, for those interested in watching it out of curiosity. Very good TV series.

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[mitalit]

I am not saying that is the case, but actors are often idealized and not very representative versions of the population.

In the NO DO there are many color videos from the time in which 99% of the spanish population had never seen a black person and in which the most "exotic" was a gypsy (maybe some Cuban or Argentine)
https://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos-...entales-color/

[alnortedelsur]

I am not saying that is the case, but actors are often idealized and not very representative versions of the population.

In the NO DO there are many color videos from the time in which 99% of the spanish population had never seen a black person and in which the most "exotic" was a gypsy (maybe some Cuban or Argentine)
https://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos-...entales-color/

No in this case, and not in most (if not all) Spanish TV series.

I watched this series (and watching it now again), and the variety and frequency of looks are very representative of the real life Spanish population.

[Oliver109]

No in this case, and not in most (if not all) Spanish TV series.

I watched this series (and watching it now again), and the variety and frequency of looks are very representative of the real life Spanish population.

I think these old series and films tend to have a greater amount of English looking phenotypes though, my mum is a big fan of Spanish films from the 60s etc and a lot of the people portrayed do look on the whole more central and northern Euro, they certainly do not resemble the Spanish people one sees working in the local cafes and bus stations.

[alnortedelsur]

I think these old series and films tend to have a greater amount of English looking phenotypes though, my mum is a big fan of Spanish films from the 60s etc and a lot of the people portrayed do look on the whole more central and northern Euro, they certainly do not resemble the Spanish people one sees working in the local cafes and bus stations.

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[Latinus]

Some pics:

Well, I think they are representative of general Spaniards, judging by those pics, neither Anglo-Celtic-like and neither MENA-like.

Is this the lady you posted?


She seemed good. The old man could fit as an old Conquistador. The guy with the berret could fit as "caipira".

[Latinus]

I think these old series and films tend to have a greater amount of English looking phenotypes though, my mum is a big fan of Spanish films from the 60s etc and a lot of the people portrayed do look on the whole more central and northern Euro, they certainly do not resemble the Spanish people one sees working in the local cafes and bus stations.

Could be. But from this show, I don't notice it.

[Gallop]

I think these old series and films tend to have a greater amount of English looking phenotypes though, my mum is a big fan of Spanish films from the 60s etc and a lot of the people portrayed do look on the whole more central and northern Euro, they certainly do not resemble the Spanish people one sees working in the local cafes and bus stations.

So are the Spaniards as they appear in that tv series.

Currently in bars and cafes there are already many immigrant workers, didn't you know? well, you know.

[alnortedelsur]

Well, I think they are representative of general Spaniards, judging by those pics, neither Anglo-Celtic-like and neither MENA-like.

Is this the lady you posted?


She seemed good. The old man could fit as an old Conquistador. The guy with the berret could fit as "caipira".

The guy with the berret is the head of the "intruder" family. The family that rented the Barrack months after uncle Barret (the older guy) and his family fell in disgrace.

The woman in the picture you posted (Marisa de Leza) makes the role of the mother/wife of the "intruder" family.

The younger girl is the daughter. She is the actress Victoria Abril, much younger by then, obviously.