‘Griselda’ review: Sofía Vergara stars as Miami’s real-life Cocaine Godmother
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Jan 24, 2024
3 minutes
In the late 1970s and early ‘80s, Colombian-born Griselda Blanco ran the cocaine trade in Miami with brutality, making her just like any other notorious crime boss. Albeit one who encountered machismo and sexism every step of the way.
The six-episode Netflix biopic series “Griselda,” starring Sofía Vergara, doesn’t celebrate her achievements so much as find them inordinately fascinating: What if Scarface were a woman? (When she picks up a gold-plated automatic rifle, high and out of her mind, you half expect the words “Say
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