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The new Hulu series <\/em>Dear Killer Nannies is about the life of Juan Pablo Escobar, the son of notorious Medellin cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar<\/a>. What\u2019s unusual about the show is that it\u2019s not only told from his perspective, but Juan Pablo himself narrates the scripted story.<\/em><\/p>\n

Opening Shot:<\/strong> A man walks into a house, throws a conference badge in a bin full of them, and then sits down to a laptop to write his story.<\/p>\n

The Gist:<\/strong>\u00a0 That man is the real Juan Pablo Escobar (aka Sebasti\u00e1n Marroqu\u00edn), who is the son of Pablo Escobar, the notorious head of the Medellin cartel in Colombia. He is narrating a story about his life with his father, going back and forth between when he was 7 and blissfully unaware of his father\u2019s criminal activity, and when he was 16, and his father\u2019s death thrust him into a leadership role he didn\u2019t want.<\/p>\n

In 1984, the seven-year-old \u201cJaumpi\u201d (Miguel Tamayo) enjoyed hanging out with his \u201cnannies,\u201d who were essentially hitmen for Escobar (John Leguizamo). These \u201cnannies\u201d \u2014 Tina (Danharry Colorado), El Dorado (Rafael Zea), Kiss (Andr\u00e9s Delgado), Laga\u00f1a (Juli\u00e1n D\u00edaz) and Angie (Juanita Molina) \u2014 aren\u2019t exactly looking out for the kid\u2019s best interests; when the Jeep they\u2019re in hits a gazelle, for instance, they give Jaumpi a gun to finish off the injured animal.<\/p>\n

When Jaumpi asks his mother Victoria (Laura Rodr\u00edguez) where his dad is at dinner, Victoria tells him that his father is a busy man. Juampi sees that when he visits his father\u2019s office \u2014 he\u2019s a congressman as well as a cartel kingpin. People line up to ask Escobar for help, and he generally helps them, which is why he\u2019s called \u201cRobin Hood\u201d in the press. One woman, thankful that Escobar supported them after her husband died, offers her teenage son Rodri (Juli\u00e1n Zuluaga) up as an employee, and he becomes one of the \u201cnannies\u201d closest to Juampi.<\/p>\n

In 1993, Juan (Janer Villareal), now barely 16, tries to escape Colombia with his family as a cartel war erupts. They\u2019re turned away at the airport, but a benefactor manages to get them out of Medellin and to Bogot\u00e1. But as they hide out there, his father is ambushed and killed back in Medellin, leaving the young Juan in charge of the cartel.<\/p>\n

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What Shows Will It Remind You Of?<\/strong> Created by Sebasti\u00e1n Ortega, along with Juan Pablo Escobar and Pablo Farina, Dear Killer Nannies<\/em> is sort of like Narcos<\/a><\/em>, but on a more personal level.<\/p>\n

Our Take:<\/strong> The extensive disclaimers at the beginning of Dear Killer Nannies<\/em> take pains to say that, despite this being Juan Pablo Escobar\u2019s story, much of what we\u2019re seeing has been fictionalized. It definitely puts the viewer in a position to wonder how much of of what the junior Escobar talks about during his narration is true or a figment of his childhood memories. Either way, the story is pretty fragmented, to the point where viewers can\u2019t latch onto what Juan\u2019s life was like in either 1984 or 1993.<\/p>\n

When we see young Juan, he comes off as a typically clueless kid who thinks his father is a hero, seems to think that everyone lives the life he does, and annoys the crap out of all of the killers who are nominally in charge of keeping him occupied and safe. He\u2019ll be set straight soon enough, as he witnesses his father set fire to a man who crossed Escobar, a man Juan spotted as he was being driven by the \u201cnannies\u201d through the city. But even then, he\u2019s still portrayed as a dopey kid who gets too big for his britches.<\/p>\n

The teenage version of Juan is almost as clueless, but at the very least, he\u2019s going to be thrust into a drug war that he never wanted to be a part of. But it seems that even the teenage Juan is portrayed as nothing more than a cipher without any kind of personality of his own.<\/p>\n

Because of the jumps back and forth in time, neither aspect of the story can really take hold, especially when it comes to Juan\u2019s relationship with his \u201ckiller nannies,\u201d They all seem like an amalgamation of thugs that are not only unhinged but have no business looking after an elementary-school-age child. We\u2019re not sure we\u2019re going to get enough insight into Juan at either age, the \u201cnannies\u201d that were supposed to keep him safe, or even Escobar himself, in order to hold our interest in Juan\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

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Performance Worth Watching: <\/strong>John Leguizamo, who is also an executive producer, makes the most of his brief screen time as Escobar, showing glimpses of both the violent cartel kingpin and caring congressman who had such a devoted following.<\/p>\n

Sex And Skin: <\/strong>None in the first episode.<\/p>\n

Parting Shot: <\/strong>As he witnesses his father set fire to the man he helped capture, Juan says in voiceover: \u201cMy father was a criminal, and my life would never be the same again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sleeper Star: <\/strong>Another interesting bit of casting is Carmen Electra as a woman named Margarete, whose connection to Escobar\u2019s family is unknown as of the first episode.<\/p>\n

Most Pilot-y Line: <\/strong>A scene where Juan interrupts the \u201cnannies\u201d hanging out in a room with pool tables and video games feels like it\u2019s out of a bad sitcom.<\/p>\n

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