It seems the main purpose of this series having been made was to highlight the fact that in the 1970s a time of extreme machismo and that is absolutely incontrovertible that it was; these two women here one basically a version of the Worst Colombian drug baron you could ever imagine Escobar-strength but this time in a skirt and her nemesis again here an Hispanic cloaked warrior working for the police (battling racism AND sexism) basically butt heads and see who can push the other one out of the ring first. It seems really that this was the primary drive behind this historical reenactment to show us that women can be as badass as any guy any time of the day any decade.
But the problem for me here is that it seems that it is lauded here as if we should be amazed wonderful what a great lady sort of well done you you can do this as well as your brother could and even possibly better. What she did was practically pure evil let us be clear under guises of I'm doing this for my boys she ran a murderous operation nothing here should be lauded it should be made to look pathetic and sad not look at the Rock Star. And yes later on she gets her just desserts maybe but still for the vast majority of the time we are supposed to gawp at the amazing show she puts on ....
Same with the lady copper isn't she wonderful despite all the sexist jokes in her place of work she comes out on top and then she comes out on top isn't she wonderful? Well maybe more so in her case than in the case of Griselda anyway anyway
There is nothing wrong with the series it is excellent and would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to watch something made with quality and high production values; but still I will again say it before I sign off why make a hero out of a truly truly bad villain simply because she wears a skirt ... Seems profoundly twisted to me ... grim Griselda ace series.
- It seems a little bit redundant and not really needed in 2024 a time in history when no we haven't yet got parity but do we need to be reminded time and time and time again about the bad old days? Griselda here really is as ruthless as the worst of Medellin ever produced. That is undeniable. We end up with dead babies with orphan-making pointless murders all commandeered by Griselda.
But the problem for me here is that it seems that it is lauded here as if we should be amazed wonderful what a great lady sort of well done you you can do this as well as your brother could and even possibly better. What she did was practically pure evil let us be clear under guises of I'm doing this for my boys she ran a murderous operation nothing here should be lauded it should be made to look pathetic and sad not look at the Rock Star. And yes later on she gets her just desserts maybe but still for the vast majority of the time we are supposed to gawp at the amazing show she puts on ....
Same with the lady copper isn't she wonderful despite all the sexist jokes in her place of work she comes out on top and then she comes out on top isn't she wonderful? Well maybe more so in her case than in the case of Griselda anyway anyway
- Enough bellyaching from this ingrate viewer here having said all this and I wanted to say all this because I think it needs to be said this is an astounding series in six episodes the acting is stellar the rhythm of every single episode is brilliant always keeping you on the edge of your seat always keeping you guessing as to what might happen next. The men here are truly secondary players as if they were all new men 20 years before this became currency in the 1990s. Secondary roles for the men here. The sense of period from the 1970s with the cars and the clothing and the TV sets all that is done brilliantly too
There is nothing wrong with the series it is excellent and would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to watch something made with quality and high production values; but still I will again say it before I sign off why make a hero out of a truly truly bad villain simply because she wears a skirt ... Seems profoundly twisted to me ... grim Griselda ace series.