Primos: Capturing Los Angeles in All Its Chaotic and Charismatic Glory [Video]

Despite some initial criticism surrounding the introduction of her animated series Primos, Natasha Kline (Big City Greens, South Park) says she knew, without a doubt, that this was a story she needed to tell no matter how some might perceive it. At the time, the Latina animator and director pushed back against those complaints, sharing that she herself, for example, struggled with her Spanish pronunciation as a kid, which, among many other aspects of her own life, are reflected in her show’s characters. What others perceived as stereotypes, she claimed, are very real for her.

“That was a time of evolution for me,” says Kline, referring to last summer when Primos’ opening sequence was released by Disney Branded Television. “I think that’s the beauty of actually making a show that goes out to an audience like this. If you’re lucky, as an artist, the thing that you’re making will get noticed and there will be a …