"It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense"
About this Quote
“Pretty intense” is the punchline and the understatement. It’s deliberately non-specific, letting the audience fill in the culturally legible cues: the volume, the emotion, the crowded dance floor, the toast that turns into a group therapy session, the unspoken politics of who sat where, the aunties taking attendance like a census. Secada, a Miami-made pop Latin figure, is also quietly staking authenticity. He’s not describing an exotic “other”; he’s placing himself inside a community ritual that mainstream America often flattens into salsa-and-cigars caricature.
The intent feels conversational, almost offhand, but the subtext is pride mixed with bemusement: this is what life looks like when culture isn’t a costume, it’s a full-contact sport. The line works because it sells intensity through restraint, the way anyone does when the memory is too loud to summarize.
Quote Details
| Topic | Wedding |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Secada, Jon. (2026, January 16). It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-happened-in-miami-in-coral-gables-a-great-big-133581/
Chicago Style
Secada, Jon. "It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-happened-in-miami-in-coral-gables-a-great-big-133581/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-happened-in-miami-in-coral-gables-a-great-big-133581/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

