A new Netflix reality series following the lavish lives of nine wealthy, light-skinned socialites in Mexico City has provoked a backlash from critics who say it’s tone-deaf in a country where most have darker skin and about half the population lives in poverty.
“Trash,” ″filth,” ″pathetic,” ″classist,” were some of the more polite adjectives Twitter users employed to describe their reaction to the show, “Made in Mexico.”
Critics are also questioning the timing of the streaming service’s first Mexican reality show, announced a little over a month after the country overwhelmingly elected as president the leftist . . .
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