"We are an invisible people": Creator Tanya Saracho on the end of her queer Latinx series "Vida"
SalonAs Starz's critically acclaimed "Vida" made its last call on May 31, social media was filled with the hashtag #VivaLaVida, honoring its bright and ephemeral life. There's Eddy their mother's loving widow they didn't even know existed; Lyn's on again, off again high school ex Johnny Sanchez ; his younger sister Mari an activist working against the "gentefication" of the bar and surrounding businesses; and Emma's new lover, bartender Nico. Over the phone from her home in Los Angeles, Saracho spoke to Salon about grieving the series, evolving queer identity, what she hopes for the show's legacy, and working with her best friends and "framily." Where Eddy grew up in the show, the word "queer" used to be a fighting word... That shows you she's a neighborhood lesbian that has never left the neighborhood with those values.
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