Harlee Santos
| Harlee Santos | |||||
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| Shades of Blue character | |||||
| File:Harlee Santos.jpg Jennifer Lopez as Harlee Santos | |||||
| Portrayed by | Jennifer Lopez | ||||
| Duration | 2016-18 | ||||
| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 | ||||
| Last appearance | Series 3, Episode 10 | ||||
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Harlee Santos is a character in the crime drama television series Shades of Blue, portrayed by Jennifer Lopez.
Santos is an NYPD detective who is a single mother. She is corrupt, taking bribes and protection money so that she can provide for her daughter.[1] She is then forced by the FBI to go undercover and investigate her own squad.
Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González suggest that Santos is depicted as duplicitous and a traitor. They argue that the show follows a Latina-as-mamá stereotype.[2] Conversely, Willa Paskin, writing for Slate magazine, argues that Santos is presented too sympathetically and generously: she is "down-to-earth and competent, flipping from flirtatious to distressed, maternal to infuriated."[3]
References
- ^ Faithfull, Eden. "Everything you need to know about Jennifer Lopez's cop drama Shades of Blue". Nine Network. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Aldama, Frederick Luis; González, Christopher (2019). Reel Latinxs: Representation in U.S. Film and TV. University of Arizona Press. pp. 122–123. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Paskin, Willa (6 January 2016). "Shades of Blue". Slate. Retrieved 30 October 2020.