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Well......had the opportunity at a more effective ending...(SPOILER)....

posted 10 months ago by [deleted]
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Well, for a dramatization of a known person, this limited series wasn't the best but it was far from the worst.

My thoughts are a much more emotional and effective ending would have been to dramatize her death instead of having her on a beach reminiscing about her dead sons. To me, that sort of ending lacked what could have been a more intense ending and a brutal end to her life would have been more shocking. One of the reasons I think it would have been more intense is because in ways the series sort of sympathized Blanco and many viewers most likely have a positive opinion of Sofia Vergara, which would have added to that depiction.

I just read some more about Griselda Blanco and wow. Talk about a whitewashing on her brutality by Netflix. Her friendship with Marta (the woman who introduces her to crack and later dies of an OD head injury after falling through a glass table). In real life, Griselda and her loony hitman tortured the woman, even pulling her finger nails out over owed money, with the woman dying.

I guess the creators didn't want to create a factually based Griselda to erradicate affection toward their fictionalized creation.

[–] Stratego (30510) 10 months ago

https://time.com/6589045/netflixs-griselda-blanco-true-story-feminism/

No way I'm watching this shitfest full of lies.

[–] cyguration (3951) 10 months ago

These days women all have to be portrayed as strong, independent, and sympathetic.

There's a reason that women have rarely ever risen to "Jefe" status in the drug world, and that's because it requires a ruthlessness and penchant for violence that most women are incapable of directly inflicting on others.

It's no surprise that the one opportunity Netflix had to do an honest portrayal of an actual female crime boss and they whitewash the bloody heck out of it.

[–] [deleted] 10 months ago

At first, I was really hopeful for an exceptional acting performance by Sofia Vergara (I really enjoy it when an actor exceeds all expectations or has a role that is completely against the person's typecasting), but after reading reviews/recaps at a popular entertainment site, I became disgusted.

Though I was alive during the "Cocaine Wars" of the late 70s and 80s, when it was going hot and heavy, and remember the actual murderous Griselda, I also had forgotten some of her utter brutality and at this website, the writers turned this evil woman into a damned folk hero and glossed over all of her horror while writing how tragic it was for Griselda to sit on a beach and think about her three dead dope dealing children.

Netflix really needs some harsh criticism for airing such inaccurate revisionist "true stories" while portraying its characters as anti-hero folk heroes to be admired and that is just what they did with this limited series.

Not only that, when watching the last episode, I really thought it was going to end in a way where they could do Season 2 (and I wouldn't be surprised one bit if they still do and banner it something like "The Horrific Death of Affectionate Crime Maven Griselda" or some shit like that).

[–] cyguration (3951) 10 months ago

Right; when it comes to demonising men they have no problems with "sticking with the facts", but when it comes to glorifying the ills of women, they do it without a second thought. It's out and out establishment propaganda.

But they do it all the time, and not just Netflix. The idea is to always portray women with the forfeiture of accountability (I can't even remember the last time a mainstream media depiction of a woman was made out to be heinous and reprehensible without any redeeming qualities except for maybe David Fincher's Gone Girl).

Newtflix is probably the most woke of the streaming networks, so I wouldn't expect anything less from them.

And yeah, if it's popular enough this series will likely get a second season and you're absolutely spot-on that they will attempt to make her death as sympathetic as possible.