In the thirty years since the murder of beloved tejano icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, a cult biopic, a panned miniseries, and a telenovela have traced her rise to fame. However varied they might seem, these screen adaptations of her life story hew to familiar beats: a gifted Mexican American vocalist living in Corpus Christi spends her formative years gigging with her family band, learns Spanish phonetically to sing the songs her father wants her to perform, designs bold stage costumes for herself, elopes with her guitarist, and becomes a legend of Latin music on the cusp of a worldwide crossover before a fan shoots her to death when she’s 23. An unauthorized documentary and a telenovela have also been produced, but veer into more sensationalist territory.The…
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