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Jennifer Lopez’s 5 Most Head-Scratching Roles As a White Woman, Ranked
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5. Angel Eyes
Jenny from the block plays a Chicago cop named Sharon Pogue, a name as Irish as bullocks. We’re all for her landing a part originally written for a White woman, but could y’all at least connect the dots a little bit better?
4. The Wedding Planner
Jennifer Lopez got called out in reviews of this reviled rom-com not because she played Italian-American Mary Fiore, but because she did so even when the script that could just have easily made her Latinx without changing anything instrumental — a trend of intermittent whitewashing that would continue throughout her career.
3. An Unfinished Life
Booking a role with a prestigious director like Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, Cider House Rules) is a big step in an actor’s journey. Unfortunately, this time around it meant playing Robert Redford’s daughter-in-law … in Wyoming … where Morgan Freeman shows up and issues pearls of wisdom that come dangerously close to magical territory.
