1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: Radio Radio Radio is a myth and bullshit a radio 2 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: phonic novella local radio hosted by Malamo Com. You all 3 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: to the seventeenth Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and 4 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: I quickly wanted to share with you that when Edward 5 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: James almost first asked me to help bring back La Leaf, 6 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: we had an honest discussion about how our community is 7 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: not advancing in the film industry as much as we 8 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: share to simply based on our talent, and I said, 9 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: if that's the case, then we should be promoting and 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: supporting the other platforms where our storytellers are advancing, which 11 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: is why we created La Leaf Art, la Leaf Music, 12 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: la Leaf Legacy. Uh, and we're hoping to build out 13 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: in La Leaf two thousand nineteen, la Leaf TV and 14 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: La Leaf Podcast because I do believe our Latin X 15 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: podcasts are telling demost authentic stories right now. So we 16 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: reached out to podcast Stereo Network with Lynda and Louise 17 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: and we started coordinating this big, big thing that is 18 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: now called Live from La Leaf, a Viva podcast event. So, 19 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: without any further Ado, let's introduce your podcasts, which are 20 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: starting with Latinos who Lunch are fabby and babbilito, I 21 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: want to take the seats right here, and of course 22 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: our local to a radio Mala and diosa thank you. 23 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: And just really quickly before I introduce the cast and 24 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: crew and creator of the amazing runaway hit Viva on Stars, 25 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: I just quickly want to say that there's not enough 26 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: uh female showrunners in Hollywood, and that they're not enough 27 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: fino uh showrunners in Hollywood. But to have a Latina 28 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: chinona to be a showrunner in Hollywood is just absolutely 29 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: unheard of. Uh. So please welcome our creator of this show, 30 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: who's also the executive producer, the head writer, uh Tanya 31 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: Sacho and her amazing, amazing stars Michelle Brava, Melissa Barrera 32 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: said Antegi and Maria Lenlas. Ladies and gentlemen, the cast 33 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: and crew and creators of Viva and we are lad Hello, hello, hello, hello, 34 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: hello hello. How is everybody today? So good and muggy 35 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: and had but good right downstairs greeted me. That's lovely 36 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: on the boulevard. Did everybody survived the traffic and the 37 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: road closures. It's Carnival this weekend. Let's give it up 38 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: for Carnival. So before we get started, we want to 39 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: introduce ourselves. Um, thank you so much Rapa for that introduction. 40 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: So my name is Mala and I'm Diosa and we 41 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: are Last Locals of Radio a radio phonic novella, which 42 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: is a really fancy way of saying a podcast podcast. 43 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: It's a party. Like to frame our podcast like a 44 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: novela right, and like novelas there's a lot of names. 45 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: So we're Last Mommy, submit and bullshit or Radiola La 46 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: we're Latina's. We had to overname ourselves, yes, okay, just 47 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: so you really know who we are, right, And we 48 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: have our friends here with us of Latinos who lunch. Hello, Hi, 49 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: I'm Fabby fab and and we are Latinos who launch 50 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: the podcast where we talk about important things like a 51 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: negative times and negative equals are positive down? How you 52 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: guys something? So we have our beautiful, beautiful creator and 53 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: cast of the new stars hit show Viva. Let's give 54 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: it up for them. So just to get us started, Tanya, 55 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: you know you started off as a playwright. You were 56 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: involved with the Luna, you were doing adaptations of a 57 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: House on Mango Street. And now you work in film 58 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: and you're writing and you've worked on Devious Maids. You 59 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,799 Speaker 1: have created this amazing, beautiful show, Viva, and I'm hoping 60 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: you can tell us just a little bit about the 61 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: origin story, how you got started and your and your 62 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: cast introduced your cast to us. I'll tell you a 63 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: little bit, um about well, I guess the origin story. Um. 64 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: I was a player right in Chicago for like fifteen years. UM. 65 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: I co founded a company called Tuna Latinas. So that 66 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: was really badass, um. And and then we that's I 67 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: started as an actor. Um. And all the roles back then, 68 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: back in those days, um, all the roles were named Maria, 69 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,559 Speaker 1: and they were always like, um, yes, I'll take your code, 70 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: you know, like or something like that. And it was 71 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: just really depressing. I was like, I went to ox 72 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: I studied Shakespeare. Ellen Rickman was my professor. Like I like, 73 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: am I just gonna be taking coats all my life? 74 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: You know? So I started that company and then that's 75 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: sort of um, because we didn't have money for royalties. 76 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: We uh, we were writing our own stuff. And then 77 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: that's sort of how I just became a playwright, you know. Um. 78 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: The companies like Stepping Wolf where a house on Mango Street, 79 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 1: the musical was done, and and Goodman were most of 80 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: my plays were done. UM started noticing me and they 81 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: commissioned me, and then all the next thing I knew 82 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: I was a playwright. UM. And one of these plays 83 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 1: that I was doing in New York, uh in Fresca 84 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 1: UM which now um will be hopefully soon UM on 85 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: TV show too. UM. The like this UTA agent discard me. 86 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: I kept calling it's it's called U t A but 87 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: like forever, I kept calling him. It is a guy from. 88 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: I was like, and he was taking me out to 89 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: lunch and in the theater they only take it out 90 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: for coffee, and so I was like, I ordered like 91 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: a steak or something. I was like, I don't know 92 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: what this guy from what that was, but UM, I'm 93 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: want to meet with him because it's like a free stake. 94 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: So UM he was like, you can write for television. 95 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: And it sort of happened like that. So I had 96 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: no TV training. No, I mean I could tell a 97 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: story because I was telling you know, I've written like 98 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: sixteen plays I directed, I was running my theater. Um. 99 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: But that yeah, that's sort of how it really happened. 100 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: I show up and I do take meetings and then 101 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: Dvous Maids happened. I didn't know I was interviewed for 102 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: dvous Maids and I when I and I hadn't seen 103 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: this for housewives. You know, I didn't like all that, 104 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: so I got here by accident. Um, so this I 105 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: don't know how to explain that. All this you know, um, 106 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: because it's amazing. Um. And then you know, I worked 107 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: on shows like Looking a Little Bit Girls, um, how 108 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: to get Away with Murder, And then stars came to me. Um, 109 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: a Hispanic woman and stars came and I said, um. 110 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: She called me in for a meeting and and said 111 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: have you heard of CHIPsters? And I was like, chick 112 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 1: on hipsters? Um, have you heard of hintification? And I 113 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: had not heard of that term? So I was like, wait, 114 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: what is that? We and like the unpacking of that 115 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: term at that meeting it just seemed really interesting. And 116 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: she she said, you know, we're looking for a millennial 117 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: female centered uh East Side of l a show. Can 118 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: you do you think you can write one about identification 119 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: and um, CHIPsters? And I was like yeah, but I 120 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: don't know if I could. But I was like, you 121 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: say yes right when they ask you. So then then 122 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: the process was like two year process that takes forever 123 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: and you don't think it's going to happen, and there 124 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: were other shows and contentions, so but then here we are. 125 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: It happened in congratulations your season two, I know, was 126 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: just renewed, So congrats to all, thank you. They're going 127 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: to see that. Um so yes so um sitting here 128 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: next to me, I'm a beautiful um actors Michelle Prada 129 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: who plays Emma, Melissa Arrera plays Lynn, Emma who plays 130 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: Eddie Martinezuina Martinez, and then Marina Last who plays um 131 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: Um Cruise. But I was gonna say Marie Cruise, but 132 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:28,559 Speaker 1: were never called Cruis Cruise. Yes, and this is cast, 133 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: so go ahead. No. I just wanted to if you 134 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: guys con continue a little bit with that because you 135 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: say that for a long time, Latinos are always limited 136 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: to this type of roles, and I wanted to ask 137 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: you that to all of you, how does it feel 138 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: to finally have the opportunity to play your people but 139 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 1: in a completely different light? Wow? Wow? I mean, like, 140 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of people here, I've I've been 141 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 1: in the town for a long time and there's always 142 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: been sort of the token Latina on the show or 143 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: in the films one here and there, and and it's 144 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: been you know, it's been hard. It's been a battle 145 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: sticking with it. A lot of people have have given 146 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: up over the years. And it's amazing that this wave 147 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: is coming in now and all of a sudden we 148 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: have this opportunity that we didn't before. So for me, 149 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm so grateful. It's just it's like a 150 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: dream come true, right where all of a sudden they 151 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,599 Speaker 1: want to hear our stories and and they want to 152 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: know more about us. So it's awesome. That's hard, right 153 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: I ever, I know for myself playing um, you know, 154 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: butch lesbian. At one point I did identify as a lesbian. Um, 155 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: I'm more I'm queer and identified as an actor non 156 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: binary trans UM. Thank you um and uh Marianna, it's 157 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: an honor to have you. UM. And I I think 158 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: because like it is, it is like a lot of 159 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 1: people that don't have the experience may not know what 160 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: it's like to have to live. UM. Perhaps like you know, 161 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: if you're an actor and you're celebrating you know, the role, 162 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: like you think about who do you celebrate it with? 163 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 1: You know, your family, A lot of people felt that 164 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: a family or they celebrate it um with their kids 165 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: and that kind of thing. So I think it's something 166 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: to think about, like, you know, as an actor that 167 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: you know, we have to like I'm representing someone who's 168 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 1: who's in the community as well, but like that that 169 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 1: is something as an actor that is a struggle. You know, 170 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: it's a struggle and a lot of people in the 171 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: community struggle with that as well. So I think playing 172 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: someone who is in the community on screen, you know, 173 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 1: could could lend to like opening up that though not 174 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: only windows of opportunities and opportunities, but also there's so 175 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: much like uh, suicide, um and and so much violence 176 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 1: in our community that I feel like people out there 177 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 1: in lgbt Q I are looking for not only the 178 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: representative representation, but to validate their lives. And that's real, 179 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: you know, and as an actor is so important and 180 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: getting to see, um just all the different nuances and 181 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: crevices and cracks that come into our communities, whether it's 182 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: lgbt Q or Latino X communities. I mean, I'm sure 183 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: all of us in here have very different experiences and 184 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 1: yet kind of similar blood that runs through those experiences. 185 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: As well, like Melissa and I grew up very differently, um, 186 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: but and I feel like, yeah, we can say that 187 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: for all of us, but I know that, like coming 188 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: on set, it was like, oh, yes, here we are, 189 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: We've arrived. Yes, and how even though I grew up 190 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: in Highlia, Florida with you know, from immigrant parents and 191 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: all that stuff. And Melissa grew up in Monterrey, UM 192 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: as a Mexican national, you know, and all of us 193 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: have different stories. But it's like we show up and 194 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: we're like, here, we are, we we and this feels good. 195 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: So that's and you realize how much more unlike we 196 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 1: are than we are different. There's so much that brings 197 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: us together, so much about our about our culture that 198 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: is similar that we all can connect. I I always 199 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:05,319 Speaker 1: tell anyone that I meet on the street, ubers, you know, 200 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: I'm like, if you come from any Latin American heritage, 201 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,559 Speaker 1: you're going to be able to see yourself so clearly 202 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: in this story in one of the characters. Absolutely, And 203 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: I am really curious about what does it mean for 204 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: you all. Not only that there's so many Latin X 205 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: characters in the show, but so many queer Latin X characters. 206 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: There's not a token queer character. There are multiple generations 207 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: even of queer characters and storylines, and so I'm really 208 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: curious about what that means for you. And writing that 209 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: into the show, it was really important to have the 210 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: orbits feel true to life, you know. So like Eddie's orbit, 211 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: Um Eileena Anthony is in that orbit, you know, like 212 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 1: you have like a lot of them, and it's like 213 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: a different generation of of UM of queer woman, you know. 214 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 1: And then you have Gruces Orbit who has like gender 215 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: queer marcles and we have a trans girl in it 216 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: and stuff, and it's like and it looks like that, 217 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: and then you know, your queerness is just kind of 218 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: keeps her orbit very She's working it out. But that's 219 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: the stuff that's part of it. Not being in the 220 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: classic she's not. She's just doesn't like getting close to 221 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: anyone that's different, you know. But so that was really important. 222 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,439 Speaker 1: And also the look like UM and we like in 223 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: your party we had, you know, that was really important 224 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 1: to to like just to to populate the world like 225 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: it would really look like you know, UM also sitting 226 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: here in the audience and UM, like we've UM portrayed 227 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: and displayed a lot of his artwork, and then he 228 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: was one of her vilantis, which is I don't know 229 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 1: what I've seen it, it's um but anyway, I just 230 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: wanted to say shout out to Julia. We love Julian 231 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 1: shameless plug. We also interviewed Julio and we know but 232 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: we discussed his cameo and his artwork in this show, 233 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: and that was like our insight, our first insight into 234 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 1: v that which was truly incredible. So I have a 235 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: I have a I just want to say something about 236 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: Eddie's character. I think it's the first time that I've 237 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: seen some a TV show where the lesbian isn't a 238 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: joke and it is not the villain, and it's actually 239 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: the kindest person on the entire show. She is the 240 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: heart of the show, which I think is incredible. And um, 241 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: along the same line, let's keep talking about gay ship. 242 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: This is good. So uh, I when I watched stuff 243 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: like Orange is the New Black and shows like that, UM, 244 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: I always find it interesting because you know, Latinos can 245 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: always clock a Latino and be like, why is she 246 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: playing a Puerto Rican? She is clearly Mexican. Okay, UM, 247 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: So I want to know your thoughts about that, um, 248 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: and then also like also, uh, straight character, straight people, 249 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: uh playing gay people on TV? And and your thoughts 250 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: on that because I think, um, um said, is is 251 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: a the queer person on the show, one of the 252 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: one of the queer actors. But I think, um, I'm 253 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: forgetting everybody's name because I'm nervous. But anyways, yeah, Emma, 254 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: Emma and Cruise, Yeah, you cannot ask you cannot, I 255 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: rushed said, because I saw them in a play and 256 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: I ran to them and I was like, Hi, you're 257 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: my Eddie. You don't know what that means because I 258 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: don't have a pickup and I haven't finished the pilot, 259 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: but you're Eddie. And they were like, I think for 260 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: coming to the play, I was like months months before, 261 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: so I've I found set like that. So like I 262 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: was like, this, this is what Eddie's going to be. 263 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: But when you audition people, well, I couldn't ask you. 264 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: Um And we and we tried, we like we like 265 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: Carmen Cow and I were like like like, it's all 266 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: wiggly the questions. It was like are you seeing anyone whatever? 267 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: Like like do they like like you try and you 268 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: can't and so you do you it's legal, so you 269 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: can illegal. So that part when we cast out, especially 270 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: for the two sisters, you just have to you know, 271 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: get who you get, you know. But also I feel 272 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: like it shouldn't matter at least, I mean, I don't 273 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: get to play a queer character in the show. I 274 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: am one of the straight characters in the show. But 275 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: I I know that I as an actor, I wouldn't. 276 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: I think twice, I would take the if I could 277 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: act as a queer character, as a lesbian, whatever, Like 278 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: it's it just like adds to the journey of the character. 279 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: It's something beautiful. And I think we should get to 280 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: the point where the fact that a character is queer 281 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: or a lesbian or bisexual is not like the most 282 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: important thing about the character, because it never is about 283 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: a straight character. When when when someone is like describing 284 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: a show, he's like, oh, what's the name of that guy? 285 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: The straight guy? You never say that, You say, oh, 286 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: a lawyer or like the policeman. You know, Like, why 287 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: should it have to be like the gay, that queer, 288 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: that the lesbian. I think we have to like And 289 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: I think that's a really great place to move towards. 290 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: Like I think we are in there because I know 291 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: even for me, like the and everybody has their personal experience, 292 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: you know, but the idea I would love to also 293 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: move towards the place where we move away from this 294 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: binary sexuality because I know I feel get crushes on 295 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: girls the same way I get crushes on guys, and uh, 296 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: and that doesn't change. Like I landed in this place 297 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,959 Speaker 1: and I have to stand there, you know. So I think, Um, 298 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: I know from a I mean there's two that's a 299 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: hard time being loved at all, you know what I mean, 300 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: And that is something that you know, in getting to 301 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: experience that and showing that through her characters, I think 302 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: that that is such a human thing. But to cast 303 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: it so like for me and we're the problem that 304 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: I I had to like. So the Don who played Maracles, 305 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: I saw him gonna play I rushed him afterwards and 306 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm gonna write you apart and I 307 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: did nobody else read for it. I was like here, 308 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: So I am able to do that for some of 309 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: the characters that maybe stars doesn't have to approve as 310 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: much as like this was a whole search, you know, 311 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: so um, but like you and who else? Um, just 312 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: the way we've Alena. I was like, Ailena, We're gonna 313 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: write you a rocky you know, in that way, I'm 314 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: able to cast. It's it's hard when they come into 315 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: auditions because it's all legal in you know, so it's 316 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: it's it's tough you try, but then you know absolutely 317 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: the same thing with staffing directors. I can't be like, 318 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: are you clear? You know, like you read somewhere okay, 319 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: roaster shape Okay, well you know because the L word, 320 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: but you know, but it, um you have to sort 321 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: of like code. It's like code code. I want us 322 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: to talk to also about another really important character in 323 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: the show, which is the city of Los Angeles and 324 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 1: the boil Heights area. Um do you want to talk 325 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: a little bit about what boil Heights and and l 326 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: A mean to us, like as podcasters and why we 327 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: loved the show so much. Yeah? Absolutely, um So, for 328 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: those that don't know, look at thought it. We actually 329 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: record in boil Heights, record at Espasio. So for us 330 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: watching the show, and we're very invested in the community 331 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: because we're we're visitors, right, we're support the community. And 332 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: um so, to see the t shirts right the Nico 333 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: makes on the show, being worn by the characters was 334 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: truly incredible. So I'm wondering for Tania, how was that 335 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: for you too? I also saw me v that which 336 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,959 Speaker 1: a boutique highland park that also is where we first started, right, 337 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: So how was that for you? Picking out the artists 338 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: that you wanted on the show and all the other 339 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: types of creative work that you UM displayed. I sent 340 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: Hannah Jacobs are costume designer, to Espasio, and because we 341 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: have to get everything cleared, they cleared everything so they 342 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,359 Speaker 1: let us UM have, you know, because not everything. We 343 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: want to remember the T shirt that I want you 344 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: to have, and they didn't clear it, you know. UM. 345 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of stuff we wish we could do, 346 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: but it doesn't get you know, UM cleared. But they 347 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: worked really well with us and UM and this next 348 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: season we've already started those conversations with like local vendors 349 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: and also just UM artists. I can't say it, but 350 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm excited, you know, to be like because now I 351 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: know more because they started like like um air fresheners. 352 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 1: They sent me a box and I was like, well, 353 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: we do have a car. She has a super route. 354 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: Well you know like that like oh my, I'm gonna 355 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: be like there's gonna be so many boxes and things 356 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 1: in the office. Whatever. Was like yeah, but like, um, 357 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: like that's something because that's as a consumer I consumed, 358 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: Like I go to UM and I spend so much money. 359 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: My writers spend so much more. That's where they have 360 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: decorated their offices like with like pillows and like you know, 361 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: so we we are that. So that was really important 362 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: to be authentic in that and it's it really does 363 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: read as so authentic because we're watching the show and 364 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: we're like, oh my god, it's like it's Pico Boulevards. 365 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: You know, our friends designed that t shirt. Like our 366 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: friends like you know, put on this event or somehow involved. 367 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: For me, some of my favorite films movies ever are 368 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: l A based. Like I can think of John Singleton 369 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: and how he makes l A like a really living, 370 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: breathing character in the landscapes, and I see a lot 371 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,920 Speaker 1: of that with this show. There's a lot of love 372 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: for it. Yeah, we um the vendors, like the tamoyella. 373 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: We found a real chamoyella maker, and we had to 374 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: be careful because not a lot of documented you know, 375 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: so we had to be like you know, and we 376 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: found because only a real chamoya maker can make a 377 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: chamoyala right, same thing like the one that us he 378 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: was like not an extra you know. So that's important 379 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: too because it's providing work but also representation for that thing. 380 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: And people can't you know, Americans can't say that word. 381 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: But it's like what is that? So many questions about um. 382 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,959 Speaker 1: I'm like, go and eat some of that. Plus if 383 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 1: you can, I just say something about al A though, 384 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: just because like been having lived in bull Heights and 385 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: having contributed so much, even when I wasn't living in there, 386 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: like there's something about the area, Like there's something about 387 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: bull Hi st. I think the show captures a lot 388 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: is just like that serendipitous things that happen, like just 389 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: it's such a beautiful experience like that you would you 390 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: would go and there's things that that. It's the city 391 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: or the culture or it's like the energy and it 392 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: and it brings you miracles or it brings you like food, 393 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: or it brings you what you need. And that's how 394 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: I always felt when I was in Bull Hi. It's 395 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: like if I was homeless, I could have a place 396 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: to sleep if I needed to eat La Segne would 397 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: feed me like that to me was like the most 398 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: beautiful thing that I could ever experience in Los Angeles. 399 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: Um growing up here and you know, being South American 400 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: or growing up in Los Angeles Hunton Park. But um, 401 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: and I would like to save you on making go 402 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: congratulations sports sort scorts especially, I know what it is. 403 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: So so it's an exciting day to do latin next 404 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: a good day. So along the same lines, I know 405 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: that when we started doing Latinos Who Lunch, I think 406 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: that through our conversations on the podcast, I got closer 407 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: to my family and I also started to investigate my Latinida, 408 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: my identity a little bit more. Has that happened with 409 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: your Latinida based on what you're learning through the show. 410 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: I just found out a few days ago that I 411 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: have been as well in family wait Mexican, Dominican, Hurrican, 412 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: like you know, just talking about my mom, I was 413 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: like really wanted to because a lot of times people 414 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: won't discuss our our parents and our grandparents won't discuss 415 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: their immigration story and give you the exact details. And 416 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: I realized that there was a lot of details that 417 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: I didn't really know, and I had wanted to know more. 418 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: So we talked about and she just kind of kept 419 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: brushing over certain things and I was like, okay, but 420 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: we're exactly like how did you go from Dominican Republic 421 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: to the United States and um? And then it came 422 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: up that they went to ben as well of us, 423 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: and I was like why and then it was like, well, 424 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,239 Speaker 1: we have family there and I was like what. She's like, well, 425 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: we had to go there too because we have a 426 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: family there. Six months, we had to get residency there 427 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: and then to be able to come over because it 428 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: was like easier all this stuff. And I'm just like, 429 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: how did am I just finding this out? You know? 430 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: And I talked to her about it when I booked 431 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 1: the show, and I was starting to kind of get 432 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: and then like can you still? I had to really 433 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: pride to get it. So it's like even things like that, 434 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, we'll never know all the secrets. It's so 435 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: interesting because the show has a lot to do with 436 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: family secrets. Well, you know, in my family there there 437 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: is still someone I can't say who it is, who 438 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: will say that he has a roommate and just won't 439 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: come out already, you know, And it's still has this 440 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 1: you know, this shame and it's and his mother has 441 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: passed away now and he's still well. We have to 442 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: be kind to that. It's a generational thing right over, 443 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: because there was real consequence back there, you know. Now 444 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: we have all the lack like I'm old, um, and 445 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: not like I I'm old. And so I'm from a 446 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: generation that does have a coming out story, you know, 447 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: but like kids now, they don't have a coming own story, 448 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: and they come up with all the right words, you know, 449 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: and I'm like it found like I did a non 450 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: binary person. We didn't have that language for it yet, 451 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: you know, but but we we were in the act 452 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 1: doing like trying to make it work. But like now, 453 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: I think if I would, you know, do a take two, 454 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: I would. It's it's not I mean, there's still a 455 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: consequence to being us, but there it's a little bit easier, 456 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,479 Speaker 1: and there's the language. Yeah. I think the Internet has 457 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: also made the language more accessible to youth. I didn't 458 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: have any of the language. And um, if my mom 459 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: had had a show like this, you know when I 460 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: was coming out, maybe our you know, our XP again 461 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: says a family would have been different. So I think 462 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 1: it's really important now that we do have this language 463 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 1: and beat us obviously a great representation of maybe not 464 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: necessarily having a coming out story because we know that 465 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: necessarily didn't have one with our girls, right, But there 466 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: is this like added element of this queerness and this 467 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: closet that's still there. And I love that there's TV 468 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: shows now that represent us and represent us in multidimensional ways, 469 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 1: like a fully rounded character. What like I don't have 470 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: to play a janitor, you know, so um And what's 471 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: really great is like, um, so I introduced my mom 472 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: to one day at a time and the goal is 473 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: that she's going to be hooked on it. We'll rewatch 474 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: it together and then watch nervous sitting. I'm nervous, No, 475 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: I mean some of us have had family members that 476 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: have had a hard time with the show. My grandmother 477 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: the last time I saw her, after she said goodbye 478 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: and I mean and kids me, she said, once you're 479 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: done with the show, don't ever do anything like this again. Yeah, 480 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 1: we were joking about going back in the closet. We 481 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 1: were back there and I was like, just like everythingksgiving girl. Also, 482 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 1: also like I think with the with the characters who 483 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,199 Speaker 1: watched the all the queer or transgender characters or non 484 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: binary folks and everything, like you can't assume their life 485 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: either because like I'm non binary, but Eddie's not like Eddie. 486 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: Eddie is butch lesbian, she's she she's like her own. 487 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: And I think it's important because it's I'm tired of 488 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: people saying, well, you look gay, you look this way, 489 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: you were this, and they're not separating sexuality and gender, 490 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: and I think it's like, let's keep that going because 491 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: people still like so wearing pink and you're a man, 492 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,719 Speaker 1: like okay, like so what you know, Like that's how 493 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: and they're still stuck. People are still stuck in, right, 494 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: So you've got to continue it. And this this helps 495 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: a lot, you know, to continue the conversation and the representation. 496 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: And I think that's also what's commending about the show, 497 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: because we tend to focus on this binary system, right, 498 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: and that binary system. What he does is centered our 499 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: tragic these and that's what we've seen in media throughout 500 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 1: the twentieth century. And the fact that we step outside 501 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: of that binary and then you discenter the tragedy and 502 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: then you actually create very like, well rounded characters is 503 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: the type of TV and the type of cultural content 504 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: that everybody needs to be making right now. Yes, yes, absolutely, 505 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: I think I think people are making it, it's just 506 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: not getting produced. And that's the like I was trying 507 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: to talk, I was at a leap earlier trying to talk. 508 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: It was with Gloria and and um the Niel Santis 509 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: and we were talking about like what what is this 510 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: so right right here with the creators right uh and 511 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: then there are the gatekeepers, and we might get up 512 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: to the gatekeeper part. It's this the the white men 513 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: with money, you know that are sort of really really 514 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: running the thing. That's where we we we I don't 515 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: know how to break that wall, you know, you know, 516 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: we like we're Internet kids, were of the Internet. We're 517 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: from the Internet. We've been online since we were like nine, 518 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: and we have not logged so we have not logged 519 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 1: off like in Ears. I see and we're not going to. 520 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: I see a lot of um Latino creators online in 521 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: the digital space right with the YouTube channels, the podcast 522 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: are products like Fuchila Fresheners and look at the bath 523 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: Bonds and whoever it is. I see a lot of 524 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: Internet influence in the show. It feels to me like, 525 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: there's that connection there. And Maddie's character, right, is so 526 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: familiar to us because she seems like all of our 527 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: friends who we all narrate our lives on our instagrams 528 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: and we go on our political rants. But then my 529 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: grandma is still knocking on my door, you know what, 530 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: I need to come do stuff. So I'm really interested 531 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: in how the Internet has factored into the character development, 532 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: the development of the show, and even the success of 533 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: the show. The writers are like us, so they consume 534 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: entertainment media news like us. So as soon as some 535 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: like right now, my butt has been buzzing, so I 536 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: bet something happened like either like in the do you 537 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: all Marco Polo? Everybody used to get Marc Polo, I 538 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: should get somebody, but like either as Marco Polo, so 539 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: in our little like social media or in big social media. 540 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: So we consume it that way, and I think we 541 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: should reflect how we are living now, how we you know, 542 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: how TV there's a lot of like, Hi, I came 543 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: because I wanted to see her, was like, oh, you 544 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: send a text, right, that's not that's not how we 545 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: communicate it. But like in TV we're still doing that 546 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: because it's more you know, dramatic, but yeah, yeah, what 547 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: is it? But like we wanted to incorporate how we 548 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: really live because we're creating it and a lot of 549 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: the people in the room and of the writers are um, 550 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: don't have a lot of TV experience or have just 551 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: just a bit, and so I feel like they're fresh 552 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: and um and that you know, and you can tell 553 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: with the show. You know, same thing with the directors, 554 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: so like you can tell they have a fresh eye 555 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:59,479 Speaker 1: and it shows, and it shows. Um. I one thing 556 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: I really apreciative, or one of the many things I 557 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: appreciate about the show is um all the sex scenes 558 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: you know, and I know how that sounds, but what 559 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: I like about is what I like, what I really 560 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: really appreciate about it is that it's showing women owning 561 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: their sexuality and being really open and like they enjoy it. Right, 562 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: women also enjoy sex, not just men. And there's this 563 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: really important scene, um where the character Mahdi is like Eddie, right, 564 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: the character Eddie for being um with Lynn, right, she 565 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: like catches them right, Johnny, I'm sorry, Johnny, Johnny, I'm 566 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: sorry with Johnny's basically I'm like wait with Johnny, Yes, 567 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: and the father steps in, right, and he says, like, oh, 568 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: leave him alone, right, it doesn't matter some of your business. Right. 569 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 1: Yet Linna has been called like multiple times throughout the season, 570 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: So like, what is that like for the women that 571 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: are are playing like these very like open sexual characters, Like, 572 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: what is that like for you playing these these women? Well, 573 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: sledge shaming is real, and I think the funny thing 574 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 1: is that as it was happening in the show for Lynn, 575 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: it was happening in real life on social media. And 576 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: I think that was like a good reflection of how 577 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: we are as a society and as people. It's automatic 578 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: the blame goes to the woman, because oh, we're taught, 579 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: were conditioned that we have to be you know, like saints, 580 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: and we have to behave and we have to like 581 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: let the man. We have to be hard to get 582 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: and no one wants to marry an easy woman, you know. 583 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: And I know that for me, it was really hard 584 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: when I got the role and I had to talk 585 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: with Tanya about like all the things that Lynn was 586 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: going to have to do. I was like terrified, and 587 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: not so because like I was scared to do to 588 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: go there, but because I was more scared of what 589 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: people are going to say about me back home. And 590 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 1: I think that's a thing, like a big thing about 591 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: Latino X community. We are so afraid of it getting done, 592 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: of what people will say, of being judged. And I 593 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: realized that that was hindering me as a as a person. 594 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: And I trust Tanya. She was like, don't worry. Well, 595 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 1: first of all, she like basically like was like, shut 596 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: the funk up, Like that's not real. She like gave 597 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: me a wake up call and was like, you can't 598 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: have like that fear like a cloud over you and 599 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: just like because that's gonna like halt your development. Yeah, 600 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: And so I was like, okay, I I'm I'm I'm 601 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: gonna like jump off this cliff with you. And she 602 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: promised me that she was going to like take care 603 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: of me and we were going to discuss everything. And 604 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: I learned so much playing Lynn, like the way that 605 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: she owns her sexuality, the way that she has the 606 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: power over men and she knows it and she enjoys it. 607 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 1: Like I was like, why why wasn't I like not 608 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: not like the going into a relationship with a pregnant 609 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: woman that's you know, but the fact that like if 610 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: you want to seek pleasure for yourself. Why should that 611 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,320 Speaker 1: be something shameful? Why should I be afraid to What 612 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: does it matter to other people? Like you know, it's 613 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 1: like it's your life, like handle yourself, you know. And 614 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: you had brought up something in an interview in the 615 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 1: past where it's like you also hear a lot of 616 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,319 Speaker 1: other actors as being like, I respect myself too much 617 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 1: to do nudity, and you're like, why can't you just 618 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: say that's not for me? I'm not really that into it. 619 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 1: The judgment, Yeah, like you can't you do nudity you 620 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: are like damaged or less. Yeah, that's because you have 621 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,359 Speaker 1: issues with it exactly, And why can't you just be like, oh, 622 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: you know what, that's I don't feel confident enough to 623 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: do that, or I don't feel comfortable to doing matter. 624 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 1: It's not something that I care to do. Um as 625 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: opposed to making a comment about yourself, but really kind 626 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,720 Speaker 1: of putting your eye on everybody else, it's so silly, 627 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 1: and for us it was for us it was the 628 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: first time that we had done that before, and it 629 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 1: was one of those things where we want to see 630 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: ourselves being reflected. Antania was incredible in that she she 631 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: has people with all different body types being shown right, 632 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 1: and and we still have a very certain sort of 633 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: beauty ideal, the Latina beauty ideal, And so it was 634 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,839 Speaker 1: beautiful to to say, okay, you know what we're going 635 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: to also sort of Pioneer and Spear had different body 636 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: types and there's no shame in that. And we have 637 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: this opportunity to do it and hasn't been done before. 638 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: And with with our actual sex scenes, it was so safe, 639 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: Like you would think by now Hollywood would know if 640 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: you want to do a sex scene, close a set 641 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 1: and have only women, And that's what Tanya did for 642 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,359 Speaker 1: us well, because then they need to hire cinematographers who 643 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: are female. You know what I mean. No, But but 644 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: different things, Mike, make different people comfortable. I know that 645 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: we were all doing it for the first time. Now 646 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 1: you didn't have a sex scene, but you had a 647 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 1: nudity scene and we had to talk and yes I did. 648 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: I was like, don't worry about them, but I cared 649 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,839 Speaker 1: a lot about how you felt. My lie about like wait, 650 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: if you're nervous. Then the first episode we had that 651 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: conversation about that first that first scene in episode one 652 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: in the stairs, you know, because like Tanya, I didn't 653 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,920 Speaker 1: know that, but Tanya had intended it to have nudity, 654 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,640 Speaker 1: and I didn't find out until the camera the day 655 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,280 Speaker 1: of camera tests, and the camera test was gonna involve 656 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: me taking my shirt off for the first time in 657 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: my life in front of a camera, and I was terrified. 658 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,360 Speaker 1: I was like I had a nod in my throat. 659 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 1: I was just like I couldn't speak. I wanted to cry. 660 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 1: And so I'm putting the dress on. Antania comes into 661 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 1: the dressing room and she's like, okay, like where does 662 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,320 Speaker 1: it open? How are we going to see your boobs? 663 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: And I was like I immediately went into like shock 664 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 1: panic and I was like wait, wait, like I didn't 665 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: know the scene was going to have nudity, like and 666 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: Antonia started freaking out too, because it was like I 667 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: was like I'm trying to discern yeah, and then and 668 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: then and then I was like wait, no, listen, I 669 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:23,399 Speaker 1: just need you to give me a little time two 670 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,320 Speaker 1: prepare myself emotionally for this, because it is when you 671 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:31,840 Speaker 1: like expose yourself physically, it's not just physically, it's everything 672 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: you're just out there. It's your most vulnerable moment, it's 673 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,239 Speaker 1: you're there, and it is and it was done, and 674 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,040 Speaker 1: it was you know, sometimes as an actor, you have 675 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 1: these things that you're afraid of that you read in 676 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 1: the script and you're like, oh my god, I'm so 677 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,680 Speaker 1: afraid of getting to that scene because it's going to 678 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,759 Speaker 1: be so difficult, and usually, at least for me, I 679 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 1: get to it and I was and I'm like, oh, 680 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,799 Speaker 1: it wasn't that bad at all. But when I did 681 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: my first nude scene, I was like, that's the hardest 682 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 1: thing I've ever done. It was a lot. I was 683 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: happy that I had Carlos with me, who was going 684 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: through the same thing, and that I had Tanya support 685 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: and the close set and the director was also really nice. 686 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: He was like cut the first take and I was 687 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 1: like I couldn't talk because I felt like if I 688 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 1: opened my mouth i was going to start crying. And 689 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: he was like, what do you need and I was 690 00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:28,919 Speaker 1: like I just like I couldn't. And then by episode six, 691 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: I was like I don't need a robe, like a girl. 692 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: You did a good job. We're like, many, there's no 693 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: nudity in this scene. She's like, are you sure. I 694 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,399 Speaker 1: just want to say Tanya that you know, we haven't 695 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: touched upon this today, but in the midst of the 696 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: Me Too movement, time's up and all these conversations about Hollywood. 697 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,720 Speaker 1: This is really incredible to hear about how a set 698 00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,760 Speaker 1: can be very intentionally changed, and all of the sexual violence, 699 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: the abuse of women, the abuse of queer actors and staff. 700 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:09,239 Speaker 1: It's it's completely unnecessary and it's completely avoidable. So amazing work. 701 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,320 Speaker 1: I'm just like, run of a pause for you for 702 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: doing that. All right, So we're running short on time, 703 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,320 Speaker 1: but I do want to open up to audience questions, 704 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 1: and I'm actually gonna pick on somebody, um from the 705 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 1: very popular podcast Yes, two queer women talking about movies 706 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: and television is my thing. Hey guys, Um, Well, the 707 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,880 Speaker 1: only question that comes to mind is one that I 708 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 1: actually gave Bobby because I was like, you gotta ask 709 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 1: for this, and it's gonna kind of work for the 710 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,719 Speaker 1: actors too. Basically I want to know from Tania is like, 711 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,360 Speaker 1: how do you navigate what the network ones, which is 712 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: anthification and CHIPsters with like, and and also putting into 713 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:54,480 Speaker 1: the show what you want to put in there, which 714 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,040 Speaker 1: is like m a storyline, which is amazing. By the way, 715 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,879 Speaker 1: so thank you for that. How do you navigate that? Well, 716 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: they gave me these parameters and then they gave me 717 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 1: license to I'm not gonna say to have all the 718 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,600 Speaker 1: freedom of the world because it's like, you know, it's 719 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 1: half an hour, you know, it's there are parameters, But 720 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: then they gave me a lot of freedom. Um. So 721 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: we've I've built the two around the sisters and then 722 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,520 Speaker 1: they're like that trauma and then the world just kind 723 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,399 Speaker 1: of came to came alive and uh and I haven't 724 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,359 Speaker 1: said no about like any of it how I wanted 725 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: to build it. So I hope season two continues to 726 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,120 Speaker 1: be like that, you know. Um, but that part was 727 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,560 Speaker 1: easy in a way, you know. And they've been seriously 728 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: and I'm not being a company girl, they have been amazing. 729 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: They they just donated ten thou dollars to Rasis to 730 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,239 Speaker 1: like ask like they didn't have to, you know. Um. 731 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 1: They have been a great partner, like a great co 732 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: parent to the show. So I I'm so grateful it 733 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 1: could have gone another way to another network, you know. 734 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,160 Speaker 1: Can I add something to to that. I didn't know 735 00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 1: this until like someone from I don't know, someone from 736 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: the team told me but that stars all of the 737 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,279 Speaker 1: executives and stars took a training on non binary. I 738 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: was like, what do you mean just on non binary 739 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,960 Speaker 1: like identity but but but Eddie's not non binary, Like 740 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,279 Speaker 1: I didn't get it, and they're like no, they want 741 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: to know the difference and they want to know how 742 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,360 Speaker 1: to like, you know, the training for me as an actor, 743 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,600 Speaker 1: and I was like what, like, I'm never like it 744 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,360 Speaker 1: was really hard to take in because I didn't never 745 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,920 Speaker 1: thought that was possible. So thank you. We're seen at start. 746 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:34,080 Speaker 1: So hi, um, my name is Laura Marine and I'm 747 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 1: a producer and a documentary filmmaker. So I just this 748 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 1: is so incredible to see so many latinos that are 749 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:45,600 Speaker 1: empowered and also queer UM individuals and it's a beautiful thing. 750 00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,960 Speaker 1: How can we continue this? I know, Tanya, you have 751 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:53,719 Speaker 1: an incredible story and now we have a platform. How 752 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 1: can you guide others in you know, helping them out 753 00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,799 Speaker 1: to be successful like you? Well, I don't know if 754 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,439 Speaker 1: we have a platform yet. This might be a fluke 755 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,399 Speaker 1: and I know that's like no, I know, like, don't 756 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,880 Speaker 1: be so emo about it, but but I don't know 757 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,960 Speaker 1: if I could recreate eight this um all I know 758 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,160 Speaker 1: is that what worked for me is that I kept 759 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:17,160 Speaker 1: creating content. I kept writing my place, and then when 760 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,160 Speaker 1: they're hiring me to do pilots, pilots, I would right, So, like, 761 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: just have to keep creating content, whether it is just 762 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,480 Speaker 1: online unscripted stuff or scripted shot stuff. And we have 763 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,320 Speaker 1: to because um, I had written sixteen plays by the 764 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: time I got here, so I had a voice. So 765 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,759 Speaker 1: by the time that I got tapped to bat, I 766 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:37,719 Speaker 1: had a voice, you know. So I had developed in 767 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:41,920 Speaker 1: the theater, in little theaters, you know, smaller than this, um, 768 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,839 Speaker 1: like at midnight like whatever. Like you just develop your 769 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,719 Speaker 1: voice and that's all we have control over. And then 770 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,600 Speaker 1: hopefully shaming will work for the once up here, No, 771 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,040 Speaker 1: because we that I don't know how. That's the part 772 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,400 Speaker 1: that I can't figure out. How do we get to 773 00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,160 Speaker 1: Because the gatekeepers they want us, they understand the trends, 774 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,600 Speaker 1: they understand the numb birthday want. But it's the money 775 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,480 Speaker 1: people up here. So that part I don't know. I 776 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,239 Speaker 1: think it's also important. I mean I don't I don't 777 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:11,759 Speaker 1: know that part specifically because I'm not a creator like you. 778 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,600 Speaker 1: But I think what has worked, at least for the 779 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,640 Speaker 1: African American community that have fought for space and that 780 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:22,040 Speaker 1: have earned it is that they support each other. And 781 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,640 Speaker 1: so now that I have this show, that is a 782 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,360 Speaker 1: show that I think, I'm personally very proud of it, 783 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,319 Speaker 1: and I think it it represents us in a way 784 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,480 Speaker 1: that we deserve. It's not the only way that we 785 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,200 Speaker 1: should be represented. There should be more stories. But the 786 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,960 Speaker 1: way to get more stories is to tell those men 787 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:41,880 Speaker 1: at the top, like, look, hey, this is working. A 788 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,960 Speaker 1: show about Latinos is getting viewers and it's working, so 789 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,239 Speaker 1: we should make more. So there should be more people 790 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:55,359 Speaker 1: creating because we haven't a pop have not learned yet 791 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:58,400 Speaker 1: because we haven't had a cable prime cable show. But 792 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:02,200 Speaker 1: that's been a problem having the conversations. You know, it starts, 793 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,040 Speaker 1: it's like a lot of people are watching it, but 794 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:11,640 Speaker 1: they're not paying for it. Um, which is okay, we 795 00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,800 Speaker 1: only have time for one more question. Hi, Tanya, my 796 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,960 Speaker 1: name is Mariano. I'm also from I'm from Chicago and 797 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,640 Speaker 1: I'm yeah, and I'm a grad student. And you see 798 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,080 Speaker 1: Sana Barbara and she kan next studies. Um. So my 799 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,160 Speaker 1: question is I have a lot of friends who are 800 00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:26,919 Speaker 1: from the l A area who are super like, Wow, 801 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,000 Speaker 1: this is so l A sold chips there, so chicken 802 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,759 Speaker 1: next and you're from Chicago though mainly, and so am I. 803 00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,960 Speaker 1: And to be honest, I didn't, even though I'm this 804 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,520 Speaker 1: is my major, I didn't figure out what it was 805 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,080 Speaker 1: until I really got here. You know. The only concept 806 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:42,840 Speaker 1: that chicano I had was George Lopez and and have 807 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:46,440 Speaker 1: to forgive the Midwest, you know, and that's why. And 808 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: being from the Midwest, it's really odd for people to 809 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,360 Speaker 1: see and be all up about the show and it's like, 810 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,840 Speaker 1: don't even know what next is. So I want to 811 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,800 Speaker 1: know how you came about writing such a story that 812 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,279 Speaker 1: seems so unfamiliar to some one from the Midwest, to 813 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,480 Speaker 1: make it so true for people from so I did 814 00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,440 Speaker 1: get shipped for this early on, or like you're not 815 00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,120 Speaker 1: from Royale Heights, you know, and there's there's nothing I 816 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,920 Speaker 1: can do about that, Like there's no way to like 817 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,880 Speaker 1: time travel and make me from Wale Heights. But um, 818 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,080 Speaker 1: I stayed true to what I knew about Chicago, about 819 00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:17,640 Speaker 1: people too, you know. And then as soon as I 820 00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 1: got the commission from Stars, I just spent a lot 821 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:22,759 Speaker 1: of time over there. And then when I staffed my room. 822 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 1: People from Boil Highs people, a lot of people from 823 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,200 Speaker 1: the East Side, people from l A. So all the 824 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,719 Speaker 1: like slang and the stuff because I like, I also 825 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,920 Speaker 1: have um border Texas lank because I'm also Texican, so 826 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,160 Speaker 1: a lot of my my stuff, my syntax is like 827 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:40,600 Speaker 1: Texican syntax. UM. So like that, but we need to 828 00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:44,000 Speaker 1: check it right, we need to like, um create something authentic. 829 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: But I had a lot of like fact checkers, um, 830 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,000 Speaker 1: cultural fact checkers in my room. So, Gloria, Oh yeah, 831 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:54,120 Speaker 1: absolutely no. We had a cultural liaison that reached into 832 00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,400 Speaker 1: the community, brought in vendors, brought in the mariachi is 833 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,080 Speaker 1: all sorts of things. So you can do it. Um, 834 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,520 Speaker 1: you start to really respectful of the community. Okay, one 835 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:09,719 Speaker 1: more question. Hi, my name is Biandria. UM I just 836 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,640 Speaker 1: say I'm I'm a black person who is not Latin 837 00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,320 Speaker 1: xt and all, and I love the show. I'm actually 838 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:17,440 Speaker 1: a black queer woman. UM, and I love One of 839 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,520 Speaker 1: the things I love in the show is the scenes 840 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:35,719 Speaker 1: of women eating like an enjoying food job and the 841 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:39,200 Speaker 1: flont scene too, and how you weaved it into story. Um, 842 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:42,400 Speaker 1: and I just wanted to say that as feedback UM. 843 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:45,840 Speaker 1: But I my question is is that, UM, I'm curious 844 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,120 Speaker 1: about like the spirituality, like your spirituality and how you 845 00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,359 Speaker 1: how that informs how you created the show because I've 846 00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,239 Speaker 1: I think I've heard you seen you refer to that 847 00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:00,719 Speaker 1: on like different things you've said on Twitter, and I'm 848 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:05,320 Speaker 1: very curious about that. UM. I think everyone in the 849 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:09,360 Speaker 1: panel has different levels of like um, the belief system 850 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:15,239 Speaker 1: that reaches back to the old ancestral female whise like 851 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:22,560 Speaker 1: you know, like that indigenous Um African Um ancestry that 852 00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:27,279 Speaker 1: we have. I visit Senora's regularly, so I knew from 853 00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:30,160 Speaker 1: the pilot. Actually we cut that scene, but the pilot 854 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:32,680 Speaker 1: used to open with the Senora you know, UM, and 855 00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,000 Speaker 1: so that was always going to be really important. But actually, 856 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,759 Speaker 1: especially the two sisters have their different forms of spirituality. 857 00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,560 Speaker 1: You know, she seeks it out like me through Senores 858 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:45,160 Speaker 1: um and speciality is like slapping it her in the 859 00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,279 Speaker 1: face and she's not seeing it. She's seeing I'm not 860 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:50,080 Speaker 1: gonna tell you what the little girl is. I want 861 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,319 Speaker 1: you to. I want you to, like you know, UM, 862 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,120 Speaker 1: have your own version of it. But like they're both spiritual, 863 00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,680 Speaker 1: they're just like trying to figure it out. You know, 864 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,440 Speaker 1: so that that is the same thing. The Senora's um 865 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,960 Speaker 1: who come to play the rosary with you. They like 866 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:10,719 Speaker 1: you would think all these traditional like Jahita, but they 867 00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,080 Speaker 1: come and they are with her. And I wanted to 868 00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:15,520 Speaker 1: show that too, that it's complicated. It's not just like 869 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,319 Speaker 1: this homophobic like um things. So I think they all, 870 00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,960 Speaker 1: um are working through their spirituality, you know, because we don't. 871 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,399 Speaker 1: We're not all like just finished, you know, in this room. 872 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,080 Speaker 1: So that that's I'm excited to season two and now 873 00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:29,759 Speaker 1: that we haven't like keep going with that. And I 874 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,040 Speaker 1: was so appreciated that Tanya would come to me and 875 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:35,640 Speaker 1: like so respectful of the character, like and say like 876 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,719 Speaker 1: Eddie is a healer. Eddie is a healer food through 877 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:45,080 Speaker 1: food and alcohol. Alcohol is medicine and um, because if 878 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:46,879 Speaker 1: you if you look at it, Edie's like drinking every 879 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,239 Speaker 1: single episode or you know, maybe not see it, but 880 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:52,000 Speaker 1: they're drinking. She's drinking every episode. So like it's if 881 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,239 Speaker 1: you if you tell the actor they're drinking, you know, 882 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,120 Speaker 1: she's drinking all every So it does something. But two 883 00:48:57,360 --> 00:48:59,160 Speaker 1: with such respect and to me, you were speaking to 884 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:03,239 Speaker 1: my spirituality. So I appreciate you. Amazing, great question thank 885 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:05,279 Speaker 1: you so much for that question. So we actually have 886 00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:08,360 Speaker 1: to wrap up now, so we want to thank the 887 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,239 Speaker 1: cast of Viva. Thank you Thania so much, thank you, 888 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:15,239 Speaker 1: thank you, Studio Network, thank you so much, and of 889 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:18,440 Speaker 1: course all of you for being here, and thank you 890 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,920 Speaker 1: to LALIF. This was like an incredible, incredible event for 891 00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,239 Speaker 1: having us. We're so excited to be on season two 892 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:30,680 Speaker 1: as an we cannot wait for our cameos. Tanya, We're 893 00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,239 Speaker 1: really excited. I have to have a lot of like 894 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:36,800 Speaker 1: bar nights. We're in bil Heights all the time. Okay, Tanya, 895 00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:39,759 Speaker 1: So anyways, thank you. So that has been live at LALI. 896 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,719 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. Thank you so much.