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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Narco-novelas hit Mexico
Mexico is abuzz with the arrival of the its latest telenovela, the hyper-dramatic nighttime soap operas that dominate the TV landscape. And as is perhaps fitting in a country where nearly 3,000 people have been killed this year in drug violence, the newest novela will tackle the realm of the narco-traffickers.
Angeles y Escorpiones (Angels and Scorpions) is about an “elegant,” 50-year-old female drug trafficker and the young investigative journalist looking into her past. No word yet on whether the show will mention the 30 Mexican journalists who have been killed or gone missing in the last eight years, presumably at the hands of drug traffickers.
It was just a matter of time before the ongoing drug war got repackaged for public consumption: you can forgive Mexicans if they feel like they are living inside a long horror movie as every day seems to bring more news of kidnappings, beheadings and massacres. I keep waiting for the release of Traffic 2, or some other movie to chronicle the grisly panorama and shifting tides in the interminable battle between the cartels.
