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Michael Peña is a Mexican-American actor and the roles he plays in movies are intense and serious, yet his tweets are full of hysterical stories and thoughts. Pena doesn't always comment on the situations happening in the world, but when he does make a statement it is relating to an unfair situation. He uses the new generations trends by sharing with his followers about his experiences traveling out of the country. Peña disagrees with the new gluten free trend, he thinks it is a crazy lifestyle, but he then realizes that he himself has the allergy. “I’ve been making fun of this gluten-free craze. Then I go to the doctor and find out that I,me, am allergic to gluten as well!!!.” Peña’s tweet reaches out to his followers that he misjudged the gluten free trend. If Peña didn’t get tested for the allergy he would still be misjudging the trend. The tweet was quite ironic--he made fun of the allergy that he ended up having. Now he can relate to the followers who have the same allergy. Peña’s opinion and lifestyle changed overnight. He uses both I and me to make clear that …show more content…

The picture is quoted with “@Marvel with Stan Lee and Paul Rudd. Go watch #AntMan!.” The picture includes Stan Lee, Paul Rudd and Michael Peña, they have their arms around each other's shoulders. Michael Pena is on the right, Stan Lee is in the middle and Paul Rudd is on the left, Michael and Paul are both wearing the same suit and tie while Stan Lee is wearing an olive colored button down shirt with a light brown jacket. When he says “Go watch #Antman” he is demanding the public to watch the movie. Peña is mentioning Marvel comic books because the movie he stars in is Ant Man, written by Marvel comic books. He mentions the people in the picture as to let people know who is in the photograph with him and as well as who also participated in the movie. With this image, Peña shows that he appreciates the people he works

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