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But on this summer day in Los Angeles, its not Estefan belting This is it!
that has everyones attention.
When the woman obeys, she laughs, No!
Later, during a rehearsal, when Moreno winces Oww!
But her presence, honestly, is freaking everyone out.
Shes the queen of Miami!
saysODAATco-producer Debby Wolfe, who wrote the season premiere and grew up in Estefans hometown.
We were going crazy that week, Machado, the star of the show, recalled later.
What this woman represents toeveryLatino family she was the biggest crossover.
When I was a little girl, everybody was playingCongaon their boom box.
We finally recognized ourselves in the mainstream.
Thats what Gloria Estefan did.
Thats what Miami Sound Machine did, and continues to do.
Fumero, who is Cuban-American, also grew up listening to Estefans music.
And I sawOn Your Feetand I loved it.
And Im playing her daughter!
I just want to burst into tears!
The Funeral is one of thoseOne Day at a Timestand-alone episodes that has a little bit of everything.
That is a song I have avoided like the plague singing my entire life, Estefan says.
Im so glad it worked out for this one because this episode is hilarious.
Theres nothing funnier I mean, not literally than a Cuban funeral.
Who hasnt been to one and things go down?
This is such real shit in my family, she says and then inhales and exhales.
Okay, here we go.
Kellett believes its just been misplaced, as family members have moved.
But some of her relatives believe its been stolen, much like Lydia and Mirta suspect of each other.
I had to reassure her that this was not her familysmantillastory, Kellett says.
It was mymantillastory and we had moved past it, and I told her I hope they did too.
Are we talking to him?No, were not talking to that bitch anymore.Im like, what?
Its astonishing to me.
I dont see any other shows doing what we do, with these dramatic scenes and stuff like that.
Its so touching and its so legitimate.
Not over the top, cause it would be very easy to get very melodramatic.
We dont do that.
Estefan empathizes with her friends disappointment because shes been there.
If you ask anybody else,Who won an Emmy last year?, theyre not gonna know.
We never went to the studio thinking we were going to write a hit.
We wrote songs that mattered to us and that we thought were cool.
When they told us to change stuff, we didnt.
Thats what you have to focus on.
What other reason is there to make art?
Add Gomez, who shines going toe-to-toe with Beatriz, and the result is historic.
I do love the last scene of our season premiere, Royce says.
Machados eyes water recalling that week of work.
Now, Gloria Estefan.
This is the greatest part Ive ever had.
