Cocaine Cowboys

Comment: I nominate Jennifer Lopez to star as Griselda Blanco, and neatly shred all gender generalizations and theories of low-skill migration lowering wages, in one stroke.
(I saw Cocaine Cowboys when it came out, but didn’t realize there had been a Cocaine Cowboys II, where Griselda moves center stage. She has a story that lives up to her great movie villain name.)
Favourite Blanco fact: her youngest son is named Michael Corleone Blanco.
Favourite Milius fact: he, Spielberg and Lucas were so gung ho about each other’s new movies for 1978 that they decided to share stakes in their success. Hence Milius gave up 2 points of his Big Wednesday money for 1 point each of Close Encounters and Star Wars.

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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