Production Pablo Escobar

The production behind Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal  is high quality that is present through the "true-to-reality" details, the emotion, and the scenery. The telenovela focus is to portray the country of Colombia during the time period Pablo was alive. The series was created by Camilo Cano and Juana Uribe. Both creators have a direct link to Escobar as his actions affected love ones. The actor who potrays Escobar is Andres Parra. Because Parra is a Colombian actor, this further adds to the production's accuracy to the reflection of real world facts. The goal is to be true to the real life events while adding telenoleva flare that people at home come to love.

The scenery throughout the telenovela continues to boost the production's accuracy. The telenovela was filmed in Colombia. The directors are not afraid to put the landscape in focus. The gorgeous landscape, in my opinion, is a artist contrast of the events that occur within the telenovela. Escobar malicious action are taken place in Colombia, a beautiful country. At times, the scene begins with a birds eye view that displays mountains, beaches, and cities.

The emotion in the telenovela was an essential component to make the events touch the audience. One instance of emotion is when Escobar indirectly kills Rodrigo Lara. Lara was striving to end the cartels business and was a obstacle to Pablo. Before the tragic event, the audience is introduced to his wife and kids. Including the family gave more weight to the instance. The audience sees Lara being a husband and a father which gives him some connection to the audience. I even began to like his character. However, he is gunned down (in slow motion) giving depth. After the audience sees the reactions of the heartbroken family. I felt the emotion the director was trying to present.

While watching the telenovela, the production is hard to miss. The telenovela being produced, acted and filmed by Colombians and in Colombia shows throughout. The passion of the people behind this project only adds to the production. The point was to tell of the events of this drug lord for those to remember that the shady business of drug trafficking results in nothing good. The negatives outweigh the positive and the life of those in the drug business end terribly. This is a clear message that is at the beginning of every episode, "those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." The effort and work that is behind the camera is reflected with a telenovela that hooked me and many others into the life of Pablo Escobar.