"Imagine if George Cukor's The Women was a modern, Spanish-language telenovela set in Ecuador rather than a 1939 dramedy about the lives of wealthy Manhattanites. Now imagine if the series was directed by Pedro Almodóvar and its characters were brought to life with stop-motion animation instead of being portrayed by Hollywood heavyweights like Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. Now, think about how transgressive that show would be if it treated queerness as the norm and told a politically charged story about the relationship between colonialism and capitalism. That show would be a lot like Adult Swim's Women Wearing Shoulder Pads."
"When I recently sat down with Women Wearing Shoulder Pads creator Gonzalo Cordova and Cinema Fantasma cofounders Arturo and Roy Ambriz, they told me that they see Women Wearing Shoulder Pads as an opportunity to explore Latin American identity in all of its complexity. For all of its silliness, they wanted the show to feel like a thoughtful depiction of what life in South America can feel like. And to do that, they knew it was important for Women Wearing Shoulder Pads to unfold almost completely in Spanish - a first for Adult Swim."
Gonzalo Cordova and Cinema Fantasma cofounders Arturo and Roy Ambriz position Women Wearing Shoulder Pads as an exploration of Latin American identity in its full complexity. The series reimagines classic cinema tropes as a Spanish-language stop-motion telenovela set in Ecuador, embracing queer norms and using transgressive humor. The show interrogates the ties between colonialism and capitalism while prioritizing authenticity through almost entirely Spanish dialogue, marking a first for Adult Swim. Creators deliberately resisted English to avoid phoniness and market-driven concession, treating studio pushback as part of a creative dynamic.
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