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She runs up, mic in hand, and asks her, Are you a man or a woman?

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A traffic light, honey.

Viewers ate her up and wanted more.

After interviewing Cristina in the park, Faela tries to get B-roll of the rest of the women.

They close ranks to protect themselves from this bottlenecking interloper and her cameraman.

What, then, does it mean to be seen as you are?

Her curiosity comes from a desire to understand her own incipient transition.

Ni puta ni santa.

Las memorias de La Veneno(Listen!

Neither whore nor saint.

The memories of La Veneno), which becomes the source material for this show.

Like anyone, Cristina is an unreliable narrator.

The energy is electric.

There is so much within a life!

Venenois close to the people whose lives it depicts.

Each character feels lived in their camaraderie and rivalries thick with love and jealousy.

Venenodebuted in Spain earlier this spring, and Cristina Ortiz Rodriguez again became a star.

The show was a hit (there was also a theatrical release which reachedNo.

1at the box office, beating Christopher NolansTenet), and interestingly, moved the political needle.

The Madrid city council erected a new commemorative plaque in honor of Cristina in the Parque del Oeste.

(It has predictably brought out the TERFs.)