I knew nothing about this new show, and that's how I wanted to keep things. The trouble isn't limited to America: In recent years, "narco novelas" have become a staple of Spanish-language television, and I have avoided them like the plague.īogotá, a sprawling metropolis, at night. Smith: Bogotá - a cosmopolitan metropolis with the climate of New York in the fall - is reduced to a sweaty Caribbean village at the edge of the jungle. Clear and Present Danger, Romancing the Stone, Collateral Damage, Delta Force 2 - the list goes on. Hollywood likes to cast Colombia as a backwater damsel in distress, ready for her gringo Prince Charming to turn up with a gun. There was actor Wagner Moura, flanked by streaks of white powder, sporting an all-too-familiar side part and mustache. I squirmed when the word "Narcos" appeared in bold white letters across the top of my Netflix homepage. "A car bomb went off outside the bakery." "Silvia, I just drove by there," my uncle said, all of a sudden gravely serious. He said he was stopping at Imbanaco and then heading home, but that was about an hour ago." "No, I just called his cell, and he didn't pick up. "Quiubo," he greeted my mom, a tentative note in his voice. Our phone rang a few minutes later, but it was my uncle Chalo at the other end. When nearly an hour had passed and he had not arrived, my mom called, not without a twinge of annoyance, to find out the cause of the holdup. She began preparing a light dinner, knowing my dad would be home in half an hour. If you want any food, call the store now so they can bring it out to the car when I arrive." As on every other evening, my mom called the bakery and ordered some bread and milk for breakfast. "I'm stopping by the store at Imbanaco next, and then heading home. The hardest part is not drinking at work.Ĭonfessions of a congressman: 9 secrets from the inside What I saw makes me never want to be rich.
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