 The series is praised as being very true-to-life and accurately, if humorously, portraying the life and culture of Miami's Cuban-American population.Today, the show is cherished by many Miamians as a true, albeit humorous, representation of life and culture in Miami.The series focused on the identity crisis of the members of the family as they were pulled in one direction by their elders—who wanted to maintain Cuban values and traditions—and pulled in other directions by the pressures of living in a predominantly Anglo-American society.