The Cultural Significance of Taina
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~instrumental music (in order of appearance)~
"bring it all to me" - blaque
"no more" - 3LW
"try again" - aaliyah
"on my way to heaven" - femme tov
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Dan Schneider literally looked at this show & said “we’re gonna redo this with a white passing mixed Latina & change the setting to Cali with a less “ethnic” cast”
I never made the connection before but now I'm mad. I knew Tori was latina but I never felt like she was latina. I just thought of taina as totally separate from victorious but it's obvious now that it's been pointed out.
Yuuuuuup
@Harbinger of the doom Generation same
Also no comedy, everyone screams.
It like the Nickelodeon version of the Living Single/Friends situation.......smh
The theme song Is life!
That’s what I remember the most about this show! That and the other songs, they were all great!!
I still remember the intro word for word lollls- I was sooo hype to see a Latina in NY with a poc casting on TV it was so important for me as a little Latina from the Bronx to see Latin people on TV
Yes!!!
@Melina Pendulum Tig ‘O Bi … oops. I meant to say hi, Miss Melina. 😍😍😍🔥👍🏿🥺🔥
One of my all time fav show theme songs.
I'm sorry I think I might burst a blood vessel. Canceled for being "too expensive" but they had shot a WHOLE SEASON AND TV MOVIE that they never aired? Am I hearing this right? And then they threw away completed work?? I will never understand television
I believe she said written not shot. But still the frustration is valid.
I think they Really Are Completely Implying Such Truths (no reason to deny it at all
Oh whoa Tama you know about to taina
Recently learned it was because Nick wanted to get rid of "girly" stuff. The thinly veiled misogyny of the late 90s - early 00s in children's tv was disgusting.
@@maffieduranThat is true. Nick was upset because their shows with female leads were doing the best (Clarissa Explains It All, The Secret World Of Alex Mack, Taina, etc) in ratings.
maritza 4ever
Seconded, Maritza was one of my favourite characters in the show!
It's still kinda shocking to me that Christina Vidal didn't become bigger from that show.
The late 90s and early 00s had a lotta amazing diverse performers who just were disappeared. The past was trash.
That's true, but she starred in movies/shows after Taina. She was Anna's bandmate/friend in "Freaky Friday" in 2003.
Her voice is amazing
She really killed it on "Freaky Friday"
Dang, Maria Perez Brown did Gullah Gullah Island too?! She deserves all of the flowers. Both shows had so much heart. I can never remember if I actually watched Taina when it first came out, but the theme song sounds so familiar.
THIS! This lady carried my childhood and adolescence and I never knew. Awesomesauce!
I love Gullah Gullah 🏝.
"too expensive" sounds like such fake reason, same reason they canceled the get down, like netflix can't afford it?
Man, I loved this.
Hilariously, I was just having a conversation a few hours ago about how everyone looks at teen shows from this era either too negatively or too “rose tented glasses”-y. I love the nuanced approach of this video. It’s so cool to see someone talk about this show in detail and show it some love. It more than deserves it. You smoked this, definitely. 💰💰💰
And no surprises 90s kids all see these shows through those "rose tinted glasses"
Tariq did you see jayniac’s vídeo on this show? It’s pretty good too
Yeah I’m guilty of that, I loved this show but rewatching if the 2nd season was really kinda terrible. First season I thought was great.
@@FunFilmFare
@creepydoll2872 The 2nd season seemed much more focused on trying to appeal to boys and comedy, as well. Wouldn't call it terrible, because there were some side-splitting moments, but I get what you mean. The first season was better, IMO, too.
Growing up in Ireland, Taina was my first view into latinx culture and I'm very grateful for that. So many iconic moments in the show that stuck with me and an absolute bop of a theme song.
Dia dhuit!!
Yeah same. I was utterly obsessed with this show, I had my mam record it and I would watch those dream sequences on repeat!!!
can u not say latinx? latino works just fine, youre right tho the theme song is fire
i would suggest saying latino because latinx is just a whitewashed ass term made by "woke" idiots
@@OOOO0OOOO0001___ agree, it’s also basically unpronounceable in Spanish, which completely destroys the point.
@@lala-4458 I knew someone would have to say this lmao
I just realized Christina was the singer from Freakey Friday's band!!!
Omg yes! And she's the singer of "Dejaré" at the end of Chasing Papi!
Yeah, I remember she was in the movie! That was the last thing I remember seeing her in after Taina.
She did it! 😲
Also! Taina is up for free on pluto tv... Along with every nickelodeon show they (im asuming) neglected to put on Paramount +
WHAT?!! YaY!
Wow! Didn't know that! Thanks for mentioning this 👍
The late 90s and early 2000s was a wonderful time for kids programming Being 10, latino in Texas and having Taína and Brothers Garcia was representation where I saw a family that looked just like mine on TV. Thanks for the vid Yhara 💞
I remember Brother's Garcia...but it feels so long ago. I was probably too young for it like under 7, but I remember it.
Beautiful thing to hear! Taina and Brothers Garcia made me want to learn about Latino Culture so much.
the fashion and the theme song are so addictive omg
Realizing I'm not the only person that sings the Taina theme song at least once a day.
The Taina theme song has lived rent free in my head for the last 21 years
I haven't stopped randomly singing the theme song, I was soooo mad when it was cancelled. Taina and Renee's friendship was so sweet and real
I'm sad I never got to see Taina :( this really looks amazing and I see the connection with victorious! Nice break down I really enjoyed listening to this
you can watched it here on youtube
I don’t know the basic geography of my state, but I KNOW Taina
1:41 Nick had some great theme songs. All That, Kenan & Kel, Taina, Cousin Skeeter.
Omg yes those intro songs were so good Keenan and kel was my shit back in the day too "awww here it goes" lmao
Imma just say this...Maritza was EVERYTHING.
I watched this showed on RUclips a while ago. I'm not an immigrant, I live in a south american country, so I can't 100% relate, but as a brown latine kid seeing a show led by a brown latina that actually did portray latine a latine famiyl (without the USA propaganda that ODAAT has) was amazing. Thank you so much for making this video, it means a lot that the show gets the recognition it deserves.
Taina was gem that was gone too soon. The same way My brother & me.
Yea the production cost was a issue for a lot of POC led shows. Which is why a lot shows if they did get next season it was with less money.
There always seem to be more eyes on production budgets when certain folks got shows.
Right! They only care about "production costs" when it's people not white. This show was getting HIGH ratings in its time. I don't believe that "production costs" one bit.
Apparently, it wasn't the budget costs. Nickelodeon execs weren't happy with Christina Vidal's management team because they refused to have her overworked like Nick wanted. She also signed a record deal outside of the company (with MCA records) which made things even worse.
I loved Gullah Gullah Island, Brothers Garcia and Taina. Being Black/non-White you grow up with tooons of White dominated shows that you're just expected to accept or relate to yet rarely the other way around so it was great to see that change even when it was brief as a kid.
I used to watch Taina with my mom a lot tho. I remember we'd watch it on Sundays when she'd do my hair for school the next day and she'd sing my name as theme. I really took those moments for granted and thought she'd always be there next to me inserting me into some silly song. Truly thank you Mommy and Perez-Brown.
Omg I remember as a kid after dinner rushing to watch this show on Sunday Nights! (I even remember as a kid this show being called "too girly", even though boys and girls would talk about watching it). Gullah Gullah Island, I barely got to see. I was around when they were probably having their last showings on Nick Jr. Brothers Garcia, It wasn't a bad show, but it didn't appeal to me as much as Taina and Gullah Gullah Island did.
I loved Taina and The Brothers Garcia . I love seeing other cultures represented on tv and film .
"tai-iiiiiiiiiiiina tai-iiiiiina! i knwo im gonna see my name lights! no one's going to stop me you'll see, i will go far (whats my name?) tai-iiiiiiiina tai-iiiiina!" sigh it was like the spiritual sequel to moesha for me. LOVEDED IT!
I loved this show as a kid. When i got to middle school, all the kids thought i was making it up, none of them remembered it. Then in high school, we got smartphones. I googled that shit so fast and proved them so wrong on my little knock off iphone
Taina is also a Russian word, meaning "secret" (pronounced differently, more like tajna, accent/stress on first a). So the show fading from the cultural memory feels like it did become a secret, in its way... :)
omg fr
I STILL sing this song to this day,
I was always annoyed that the actor didn’t do much after this except Freaky Friday. She should’ve gone so far!
too expensive isnt an excuse at all when u look at them Literally having musical guests every ep for all that and like ?????? victorious needed songs composed too its super effin fishy imo !!! >:o
victorious came out a decade later
The one episode with 3LW really had my 8y/o self thinking she was going to become the 4th member haha
and when we needed her the most, she returned 🥳🥳🥳
I know, Yhara is a pure queen! 👑😍
I used to watch this every week after As Told By Ginger I'm living right now
Christina Vidal is a beautiful singer, every song of hers from "Take Me Away" in Freaky Friday, "Dejaré" in Chasing Papi (with a very young, blonde, & unknown Sofia Vergara), "Black Suits Comin" (with Will Smith) in Men in Black 2, and "Anything is Possible" in the Cheetah Girls Workout called Byou. I've unknowingly absorbed her music even though I've never grown up with cable TV (too poor) and only knew her name bc I thought she was an under-the-radar singer. Her voice is incredible and unmistakable, I wish she was bigger. If Nick didn't cancel her show so soon & make it impossible to buy the rights, I wonder if she would've been as famous as Amanda Bynes and Shea Lebouf - actually, they've gone crazy, so maybe it worked out for the best lol.
I feel personally attacked by the fact that I didn't know about this show but I am so glad you brought it to my attention 😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽
was not expecting Taina discourse!!!! but i'm so here for it whewwwww. you're so right they would legit never play the reruns >:( but whenever it was on i made sure to tune in because it was so good. same with Brothers Garcia!!! ugh they never got their due recognition by the network and i hate that.
I had no idea this actress had her own show, damn! I only knew her from Brink! on Disney 😑 I like her vibe, curious to hear about Taina despite (sadly) never having watched it!
dude i grew up on Nickelodeon live action shows and loved every single one of them, I can't believe they robbed me of watching Taina?? This sounds amazing and I probably would've loved it too. I'm hoping that the reboot becomes real, and I'm thinking how cool it'd been if the original got like 4 seasons and we could see taina becoming an actor in a show while still in school
I loved Taina so much! And I think it's so important to talk about how these kinds of diverse shows somehow are disappearing instead of growing. Thank you for talking about this show!
I went to boarding school and left every Sunday before the show came on. My dad had to tape it on our VCR because it was so important to me.
Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod!!! Someone acknowledged the existence of Taina!!!💕 This day has just sharp turn towards Ok!
Taina was the blueprint for That's so Raven and the whole of the Cheetah Girls tbh. It was the moment, but it got brushed away because Nickelodeon didn't market it or support it.
This one always one of my favorite shows! I still have the "Taina" CD lol. I loved that episode with 3LW "blue mascara" 😂💖
“If you can’t read or write your native language, one day you’ll forget it. And when I’m gone, you’ll forget me too.” WOW OKAY 😭😭😭😭
As a latina girl I feel like shit cause I never knew about this show. I grew up watching Wizards of Waverly Place and loving Selena bc she's half latina and well she's amazing in general. I need to see Taina now
omg yes wisards of waverly place is ICONIC
its upsetting how all the latina rep is white passing (not that its bad to be white passing, but you get what i mean lmao)
Thank you!! This is the reason I am a singer today!! ✨
I didn’t know she also created Gulla Gulla Island, that was one of my favorites on Nick Jr!
Christina Vidal is someone I've always liked. Life With Mikey was one of those movies I watch several times as a kid and I loved her in Taina, Brink and Freaky Friday. I still love to listen to, Take Me Away! Also, I just got such goosebumps seeing that there's a Brother Garcia reboot!! Taina definitely needs one, too! Shows like Taina, The Brothers Garcia, Cousin Skeeter, My Brother and Me and Kenan and Kel are why I have such a soft spot for mid 90s to early 2000s Nick. They actually had shows that weren't just a bunch of white kids with a token friend.
i think this was the show that made me want to follow the arts and do something creative: i did everything that taina did in the show, i tried to sing in a choir from the ages of 10 - 12, acted in drama classes, theatre programs from 10 - 18 years old, danced etc. she was a big influence throughout my childhood and when the show ended abruptly, a part of me was so devastated and then! i stumbled upon that exact youtube channel and binged the show again! it bought so much happy memories! i agree that the show needs to be on streaming platforms, easy access for everyone: it still holds up great. loved the video! x
i appreciate how you pronounce her name
I’m so glad this show wasn’t a Mandela Effect moment that only I experienced
Also, lol you have to do an Animorphs video after taking a jab at it. 😂
Yesterday I finished watching a 4 episodes documentary series on Netflix called High on the hog, the Gullah community and cuisine were mentioned, that came to my mind when you mentioned Gullah Gullah island, even though I have never heard of it before.
I loooooved this show! Me being a Latina seeing another Latina on tv was so wild to me. Nickelodeon was so amazing in the 90s I feel like there was so much representation back then. We had all that, my brother and me, Shelby woo (another One that feels like a fever dream that nobody talks about) It made me so sad when they canceled Taina and I never understood why. Also annoyed cause the least they can do is put it on a streaming platform so we can all enjoy it again. I hope they do. I still sing the intro song to this day lol
And not even just that. Even the shows with White leads were great and had some type of outside representation, too like The Secret World Of Alex Mack, and Clarissa Explains It All. I remember seeing like one episode of Shelby Woo like before or after Kablam as a kid, then it disappeared.
Just seeing the theme makes me cry I love having a show with a Latina. I love being Latina finally and having a show with latinas was so far and few. Thank you Maria
I asked my parents for a Quinceañera because of Taina
Thank you for that! I'm been humming Taina's theme song for years now without anyone knowing the show even existed.
I forgot about this show…until that theme song hit. 😭😭😭😭
I feel bad bc i have literally never heard of this show before in my life and its seem so good and has Hispainic girl lead Which is SOOOO rare
I thought I'd never heard of this show before, but every single clip, all of the actors, the plots.... it made sense when you said they didn't air reruns when it ended. I must have watched it all live and it just didn't get seared into my memory the way things with reruns did.
every time you're like "..but i'm not tryna start anything" or "but that's none of my business" i'm like 🗣GO THERE!!! LET'S GET INTO IT!!
20 years ago I was 23. I’m going to play this for my students. Get them hooked. Yes I am going to be a good teacher and show them classics lol
Thank you, thank you, thank you for raising awareness about Taina! It is one of Nick's most underappreciated pieces of media and you tackled it very well!
"I'm in love with me" is the most amazing song featured in any show. The fact that 3LW were featured.
I looooved Gullah Gullah Island! T_T And I almost went to LaGuardia because of Taina. I haven't heard that song in years but immediately sang along when it came on wth
If they bring this back I would love to see them as young adults rather than parents.
as a latina taína was everything for me!!! I loved that her name was so close to Taino which is the indigenous people of the caribbean. It’s crazy how we don’t even have any other shows with Latino representation, and when they do they are Mexican inspired and the characters don’t even speak Spanish or are just half latina and don’t speak on their culture (I had no idea Victorious was meant to be about a latina lead but I was already a bit older) but anyways I forgot about brothers Garcia until this video 😭
Taina meant SO much to me as a kid. So glad you made this video.
This show walked so That's So Raven could run
I honestly forgot about this show. I do have a terrible memory but once I realized what it was, the Taina song instantly popped back into my mind.
As soon as you played the theme song I starting singing along. I remembered every word lol
I think about the Taina theme song and the 3LW episode with FREQUENCY.
I am from France. This was one of my favorite shows growing up.
I really loved it. Wow so much nostalgia ❤️
Great video and thank you for the quality ☀️
Same here
I didn't even know Taina existed, I think I was still watching Nick at the time. I don't know if it's just me, but I feel "Latino" shows tend not to air in Latin America
they don’t :( we don’t get all the shows really especially back then if they are live action
I loved Gullah Gullah Island .
I seriously can't belive I have no recollection of this show. As a kid I would watch almost any show with Latino actors or characters in it. Probably watched too much George Lopez and Spy Kids for my own good lol.
It always irritates me when shows take place in California and it's 90% white people. WHAT CALIFORNIA ARE YOU LIVING IN? I know these producer's live here!
I remember watching this show during my early teens, so I'm definitely old enough to remember this show. As a Puerto Rican descent American growing up in New York, I appreciated seeing a character that I related to a little bit more, but it was also a good show that I enjoyed watching overall! It was a shame that it got cancelled the way it did, but at least now I know what happened to it. Thanks for making this video about this!
Taina & Brothers Garcia were both amazing shows... I was happy that I got to learn more about Latino culture as a kid & that some of my friends felt more represented. we deserved more Taina, damnit! hope the reboot is real & coming soon 🙏🏿
oh & shout out to the *iconic* Gullah Gullah Island as well! but I think that giant polywog would scare me as an adult lol
I miss this show! Thank you for this vid!!! And that THEME ❤️
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS.
i loved taina. i'm so glad you brought up the disappointing, regressive direction nickelodeon went in after the sudden cancellation. when i think back on some of the shows i grew up with on nick (taina, the brothers garcia, my cousin skeeter, my brother and me, keenan and kel, all that, the mystery files of shelby woo, the journey of allen strange) it makes me so sad to think of that as the end of an era, and not just the beginning of children's television finally reflecting the diversity of their audience. ew and they didn't just take steps backwards in regards to diversity -- they took LEAPS backwards by allowing dan schneider's racist, shitty, "kids-think-random-is-funny-right?" shows to dominate the network.
also i haven't listened to latino USA (or any podcast) in forever but it's one of my favorites and i was so happy to see you reference them!!
I never heard of Taina until ppl were saying it was Victorious's Predecessor and I wanted to check it out but forgot until this video and I'm happy I got a more insightful look into the series before watching it so big thanks Yhara!
If you look at the cancellation of most “ethnic” shows in the late 90s and early 00s it’s because networks were finished with commodifying black and browness. When they no longer needed our culture to make money, shows for us were tossed to the side.
I remember watching this as a kid. Seeing someone like me from my hometown was so special for me. I could relate so much to Taina and the theme song has never left me after all these years.
Oh my god finally someone is talking about this show 💜💜💜
I happened upon a tiktok where she sings in the middle of a school hallway for almost 3 minutes. This happened like a week ago. Its almost like yhara's videos know what I'm watching.
Holy wow you just unlocked a buried, treasured memory in my brain.... that theme song was SO catchy!
I loved this show! I still remember the chorus of the theme song to this day!
Brothers Garcia was also amazing, and I'm kind of sad no one talks about it as much when they talk about live actions kid shows from this era.
This was my favourite show growing up, I was so sad when it randomly disappeared off Nickelodeon
I really really wish this show had still been running when I was growing up. I never, ever saw Puerto Rican characters (or a family that looked and acted like mine) as a kid and I think to have had this would've meant a great deal to me. However, I've watched it as a grown up and it is still just as exciting to see a show like this :) also btw watching this video literally made me cry
I used to love taint and the Brothers Garcia, so happy that TBG are getting the reboot they deserved.
I want to watch that Gullah Gullah Island show. That one didn't come to the UK, I'm going to look it up 🏃🏾♀
OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE PEOPLE REMEMBER THIS
O M G. I loved this show! I talk about it and no one I know remembers it! So good.
How could you say that about my precious Animorphs!?
How come I didn’t remember anything from Taina but all these clips were familiar??? 😭 I don’t know for USA but my network played reruns of Taina (dubbed) all the time.
Actually no I do remember one thing and it’s Maritza saying “TAIIINAAAA” 😂 (Idk if she said it like that in English but in French it was ear shattering (complimentary))
Yes, she did! I watched this show during the early 2000s on US television and I remember when she would say Taina like that. Maybe it was also the way the voice actor in the French dub said it??
I'm so glad you made this. I remember watching this show and had forgotten about it. I never realized it was so popular. I thought it got cancelled bc no one was watching it. Crazy.
God, Taina was the first and only time I saw someone who looked like me lead a tv show. Taina has never been shown in syndication, but I still haven't forgotten how much of an impact it had on me as a little girl! I wish they'd put this beautiful show on streaming. It deserves a second life.
Of course the mind behind Gullah Gullah Island made Taina. I was OBSESSED with both growing up!
I loved this show so much!! I was thinking about it last night and I had hoped it was on Paramount plus because I have a bunch of nickelodeon content and it wasn’t there and I was so disappointed!
I feel like they did the same thing to Animorphs, and Caitlin‘s Way, because I haven’t seen those on any streaming services.
You give me life once more Yhara. Videos like this are why I support you!!!
While we’re on the subject of shows that Nick seems to have forgot, does anyone else remember Shelby Woo? Or did I hallucinate her?
So at first I was thinking "How did I never see this show? This seems like it would have been right up my alley!" but then when I heard the theme song, I immediately recognized it so apparently I did watch the show and the fact that it only aired for such a short amount of time with no reruns must have wiped it from my memory... that's honestly really sad, especially since I always liked Christina Vidal as an actress