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    Carolina A. Miranda: RIP 'Los Espookys,' illicit lovechild of Pedro Almodóvar and 'Scooby-Doo'

    by Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times Dec 05, 2022 5 minutes
    “Los Espookys” are, from left, Úrsula, Tati, Renaldo and Andrés.

    Occasionally there comes along a cultural artifact so peculiar that adequate vocabulary does not yet exist to describe it. That was certainly the case with HBO's "Los Espookys," a program whose narratives so effectively eschewed Hollywood convention that even its authors had a tough time coming up with an elevator pitch.

    On an interview on "The Tonight Show" in September, co-creator Ana Fabrega glossed it as "a show about a group of friends who have a business where they stage different types of stunts to people who need it." Fellow co-creator, comedian Julio Torres, explained on NPR that the friends live in "a made-up Latin American country" and "create false, supernatural and horror experiences." When faced with the inevitable what-is-it-about question on "Late Night With Seth Myers," comedian Fred Armisen, who first laid the groundwork with HBO for the series, stumbled a bit, then said it was about

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