On Los Espookys, magnificence pageants are a matter of life and demise.
Season two of the esoteric, sharply humorous HBO Max comedy, premiering Sept. 16, finds Renaldo (Bernardo Velasco) haunted by the ghost of a former Miss Nuestra Belleza Latina magnificence queen, which serves as a catalyst for exploring the campy, glitzy world of pageant tradition.
For creators Julio Torres, Ana Fabrega and Fred Armisen, the examination of the pageant world was approached with nice reverence, as Torres defined in an unique dialog with E! Information, “I do not know if it is a Central America factor or not, however magnificence pageants had been at all times a factor very akin to sports activities.”
Torres, who additionally stars on Los Espookys because the hilariously eccentric Andrés, revealed that, along with being an intrigued spectator, he has a familial connection to the world of pageants.
“One 12 months, I bear in mind my cousin was in a magnificence pageant representing one of many states of El Salvador and it was so bizarre,” Torres stated. “It was all so unusual. It is such a visually wealthy factor to devour.”
