Soraya’s Wail: Netflix’s Melodramatic Algorithm and the Reappearance of the Volatile Latina Body

Abstract

This article takes as its object case the startling juxtapositions that were produced within Netflix’s general corporate frame when a promotional spot inspired by a Mexican telenovela, María la del barrio (MLDB) (1995) was appropriated to advertise seasons 4 and 5 of it hit series, Orange Is the New Black (2013).