Rosie Perez: How a Brooklyn Accent Became the World’s Loudest Soft Power Asset
The Curious Case of Rosie Perez: How One Brooklyn Accent Became a Global Export If you listen closely on any given Tuesday in a Berlin U-Bahn, a Manila jeepney, or a Nairobi matatu, you might catch a familiar staccato bark—half Spanish, half asphalt—delivering the line “You got a problem with my earrings, cabrón?” It’s the…