The woman who made us laugh in “Modern Family” now immerses us in the world of drugs: what’s new with Sofía Vergara

For 10 years, Sofia Vergara she was responsible for bringing laughter to thousands of homes by playing a spontaneous and charismatic mother Modern family. However, he has now decided to change the direction of his acting career and opt for a risky role with shows us her darker side in Griseldathe new Netflix series.

The miniseries is a biopic which tells the true story of Griselda Blanco, the drug leader who was a source of inspiration for Pablo Escobar. Obviously Griselda’s case was less known, for the simple fact of being a woman in a male-dominated business. This aspect is one of the main focuses they chose to tell their story.

Paradoxically, in the first minutes of the series, a phrase of admiration from Pablo Escobar towards the protagonist appears: “The only man I ever feared in my life was a woman named Griselda Blanco”.

Immediately after -in the first of six episodes– presents Griselda, fleeing from Colombia to Miami with her three children, after killing her abusive husband. At the beginning of the story, “The Godmother” tries to make her way in the drug trafficking business and is constantly ignored because she is a woman. Little by little we see how he builds his empire.

The feminist tone they gave to Griselda is one of the aspects that achieve a certain humanization of the character. Not only is it very pronounced in each scene, but it is supported by a subplot. The series parallels the story of June Hawkinsa female detective trying to put an end to the “cocaine queen” mafia.

An unrecognizable Sofia Vergara

It is not the first time that Griselda Blanco’s story has been brought to the screen.. Television met this ruthless woman in 2014, with the Colombian telenovela The black Widow. But Griselda by Sofía Vergara presents us with a new perspectivewhich also differentiates it from the 2017 film (Griselda: the queen of cocaine)hero Catherine Zeta-Jones.

In the new miniseries, We don’t see a sensual Griselda Blanco who uses her body and her beauty as elements to get ahead In business. This license taken from fictions portraying the drug trafficker layer had previously disappeared in this version, in which They decided to give a more realistic and powerful feel to the character.

The Colombian actress, who is also an executive producer of the series, She made sure no one associated Griselda with her beloved Modern Family character. He did an excellent physical and acting job, and the efforts paid off: he is truly unrecognizable.

Vergara’s first dramatic role is captivatingso much so that the viewer can perceive how little by little his character’s soul is darkening, as the chapters progress. Her version of Griselda Blanco escapes sensuality. We see in her a desperate mother, who he slowly turns into a monster out of greed.

Vergara shows us a little-explored side of Griselda every time this character’s story is addressed: a loving mother who did everything for her children. He even manages to do it viewers end up empathizing with the same character responsible for countless murders.

An aria from Narcos

Production is carried out by Eric Newmannthe creator of Narcos. The series stays true to its style of bilingual scenes, alternating between Spanish and English. However, this dramatization based on the life of Griselda Blanco brings with it a narrative style of its own.

In any case, it is true that there are many elements of Narcos which remain here and reinforce the idea that Griselda is, rather, a new installment in the Narcos universe. The chromatic effect, the absence of archive material and the use of the soundtrack as a resource to dramatize each of the murders These are some examples of the similarities between one and the other..

Griselda It is a narco and violent series, which in its 6 episodes of one hour each manages to tell a true story in a strong way and with a fresh and humanizing perspective. Bring an attractive and convincing proposal, without sparing the darknesswith an impeccable performance from its protagonist.