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At its best when pairing these weighty considerations with community-specific humor instead of leaning too heavily into its stated mission to teach audiences about a complicated social phenomenon. While direct references to the current political climate and scenes of protest against “colonizers” can feel clichéd, quieter reflections resonate because of their emphasis on the connections between characters.
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The interclass, intergenerational tensions quickly boil over in the first two episodes before being reduced to a simmer for much of the rest of the season. Gentefied then moves into slice-of-life portraiture, fleshing out the cousins’ backstories and offering insight into patrons. ... This expansion provides some sweet and funny moments, though it takes far too long to take Ana’s mom Beatriz (Laura Patalano, also from the original series) from one-note harridan to multi-faceted human being.
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By the end of the season, the class and racial anxieties that the series explores get too neatly, and unconvincingly, assuaged. In taking up pressing, contemporary issues, Gentefied could fiercely challenge its audience on its core assumptions. It merely comforts.
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