Fernanda Melchor and Nicole Flattery: Paradais
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The Dark Side of Mexican Life
With Paradise I wanted to say, look, there's misery in the world that reproducts itself all the time. And with Polo, I needed to be able to mock him, to mock his cowardice and his hypocrisy. He thinks he's this big shot guy, but in fact he's a scary little boy. So it was pretty much like that with Paradise and Polo thank you Thank you Your work is looking at the darker side of Mexican life, and uncovering maybe some uncomfortable truths,. Liz says.
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