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‘Gordita Chronicles’ EP Says HBO Max Cancellation Is Part of the “Diversity Problem” in Hollywood

Gordita Chronicles is one of many HBO Max shows that disappeared from the streamer after its cancellation – and executive producer and writer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz refuses to fade quietly into the dark. 

In an interview with Rolling Stone, the producer opened up about the show’s cancellation and what it says about the industry, as a whole. Liebowitz stated one of the factors that led to the cancellation points to a wider “diversity problem” in Hollywood. 

“Growing up as a brown person in a predominantly white neighborhood, it made the fact that we were newer to this country culturally much more significant. So reading all the narratives in Gordita Chronicles, I felt like I was reading about my own family,” Liebowitz said. 

The series, which follows a Dominican girl as she narrates her life in the 1980s, premiered in June 2022 and was canceled the following month. Later, in December 2022, all 10 episodes of the first season were removed from the streamer. 

Liebowitz commented, “Not only was it disappointing when we heard about the cancellation, it was a shock because we were working to start shooting [Season 2] a few weeks later.” 

The producer continued to state that the cancellation “felt very unjust.” She added, “It didn’t matter that our show was beloved, it didn’t matter that we had good audience numbers. It didn’t matter that we were writing about content that was important for underrepresented communities. None of that mattered.”

In the interview, Liebowitz also mentions the lack of diversity within executive teams, saying, “It’s wild to have to fight so hard to keep your content on the air,” adding that, “a big part of it is the demographics of the people making choices on the business side.”

She continued, “If we don’t have executive talent who see themselves in the material, they’re not going to care enough to fight for something because they don’t connect to it. And again, this is a piece of a diversity problem that we have in Hollywood right now.”