![]() Like with the character of Pepito, for example, we thought, “What if a man just hires them to be weird?” And then it’s like, “Wait, hold on. It started as a throwaway joke and then one of us will say, “Oh, let’s go back to that.” We think in moments and concepts. So are those planned as plot points initially? Tati (Ana Fabrega) meeting a cartoon prince online seems like it’s gonna be a throwaway bit. Los Espookys has a lot of seemingly innocuous jokes that are later called back in really fun ways. ![]() Early on, we thought maybe we should write episodes separately, but I was like, “Awwww, let's keep working together.” She or I would have an idea and we’d immediately start collaborating. We both brought individual ideas from past work or things that we were into, but because we communicate so well, it was so easy. The way that she pronounces the American dishes is so funny.Īre there certain characters or settings that you feel like you or Ana can more easily embody? Obviously your own characters would be one example. Like when the seaside mayor lists all of the food available at her town’s local diner. It’s more like attitude and inflection, and rephrasing of things to make it sound more like the person they were creating. The actors were pitching jokes in Spanish? They make it their own and make the words shine in a way that’s really fun. And then it became increasingly more collaborative once the actors got in the mix. So we’d end up saying, like, “Oh wait, that wouldn’t work in Spanish, let’s delete that,” even though it works in English. We wrote in English, but we’re also thinking about how it’s going to pan out in Spanish. What’s the process of writing with two languages in mind? Los Espookys has jokes that are funny because they’re in Spanish or subtitled. ![]() The American ambassador dismisses her employees with an America’s Next Top Model-style elimination. All about competition and keeping up appearances. That just felt very American that their world operated that way. The American ambassador (Greta Titelman) seems very much like a reality show host, down to the employees competing for her affection. She was very into the hair making her look like a sort of turn-of-the-century mad woman, which ended up working really well. Are the actors bringing that style to you?Ĭassandra in particular was very collaborative and vocal with her hair and wardrobe. There is so much weirdness going on, but the environment should be presented very matter-of-factly.”Įach character, even seemingly throwaway characters, have very specific styles. He told us, “The environment should be an important part of the show. When we first talked to him he said all the right things. Choices like that, I’m just like “Oh, you’re so funny.” And our director is Fernando Fries. Muriel Parra designed all the wardrobe, just down to the ambassador’s sparkly sea shell belt. Jorge Zambrano is the name of the production designer, who’s brilliant. But yeah, the fact that I got to have this set that I had for My Favorite Shapes, or that Los Espookys looks the way that it looks is beyond my wildest dreams. Oh, I still always think like, “What do you mean we can’t do that?” Give me a little and I’ll want a lot more. ![]() So how are you thinking about that? Are you thinking, “Yes, this is exactly what I wanted to do,” or do you still have bigger and bigger dreams? The premise is that your ideas are too costly for the show. Polygon: So I would love to start by talking about the first thing that I saw you in: the “Julio’s Extremely Expensive Visions” sketch from The Chris Gethard Show. During a transition in My Favorite Shapes, Torres wears a video headset so the audience doesn’t miss anything as he walks back to his seat. ![]()
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