Alejandro Speitzer would have darkened his complexion in a series; This is how Poder Prieto reacted

Only a few days left until it opens The head of Joaquin MurrietaA production of Amazon Video with Jose Manuel Bernal, Emiliano Zurita, Yoshira Escarrega, Michael Wilson Morgan and Alejandro Speitzer which tells the story of the also known as Robin Hood of Eldorado.

The series has captured the attention of the public since the release of the first official trailer in January 2023, however, it was only two days before its premiere (Friday February 17) that it positioned itself among the main social media trends for a controversial fact. it involves both the production and Alejandro Speitzer.

According to several users of social networks, within the production the decision would have been made to darken the complexion of the young Mexican actor so that he could embody Carrillo, his character in the series. And it is that in the official trailer and in the first photographs Alejandro Speitzer He has brown skin which does not match his usual appearance..

“I don’t know what you think about it, but it seems to me that it’s definitely a brown face impudent“wrote a user of Twitter. In fact, this post sparked a debate among users of the same platform about brownface, as many questioned whether or not it was okay for an actor to change his skin tone if he was also brown.

Alexander Spitzer, Amazon Prime and production have not ruled on the matter. However, the movement dark power He talked about it through his official account of Twitter with a text where an apparent phenomenon that would occur in Mexican productions since acts of racism were visualized was exposed.

“Para reflexionar: Desde que explotó en los medios la lucha antirracista, pareciera que se ha dado un fenómeno curioso en el que en la publicidad, interpretes caucasicxs que todxs conocemos, son pasados ​​por morenos (brownface) ¿Es un error en la edición de photos? An erroneous desire to “diversify” castings? Or, frankly, an intention to pass off white colleagues (which we love and emphasize are not the problem) as black performers?” they posted.

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