Griselda Blanco's Son Breaks His Silence On Netflix's #1 Series
By William Rodriguez
Naturally, when any film or television show aims to bring real-world people and events to general audiences, the question of historical accuracy always arises. According to Michael Corleone Blanco, "Griselda" doesn't quite translate his mother's life to the small screen faithfully. Speaking on the first episode, "Lady Comes to Town," where viewers see Griselda attempt to sell a single kilo of cocaine in 1978 Miami, Florida, Blanco called the series' deviation from reality "quite embarrassing."
"The lady was the number one cocaine distributor in the world by 1975," he explained. "She created the industry." That means selling cocaine in 1978 wasn't much trouble for the real Griselda. Blanco further detailed that his mother was far from helpless in her chosen line of work during the period in which the episode takes place. "Nobody had the laboratories. She pioneered the routes. She pioneered everything in the modern-day cocaine industry as we know it," Blanco said, painting a much different picture of Griselda than the one presented in the first episode of the Netflix miniseries. Despite those issues, he clarified that "Griselda" does find its footing in the historical accuracy department through one key area.
