Women Rule: Inside Netflix’s 'One Day at a Time'
Justina Machado, the star of “One Day at a Time,” knows there are plenty of people who assume that her Netflix sitcom isn’t for people “like them.”It’s a TV show about a Cuban-American single mother who works as a nurse. She’s an Army veteran and her ex-husband is still a contractor overseas. She has post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety. Her teenage daughter is an out and proud lesbian in a world that isn’t always welcoming.
Over its three seasons, “One Day at a Time” — based on the Normal Lear sitcom of the same name that ran from 1975 to 1984 — has earned a devoted fan following, both for its sharp writing and for its perspective on the world. It’s one of relatively few TV shows in Hollywood both led by and starring women of color. “Day One of our show, we sit down with our staff and we say, ‘Hey, listen.
“Here I am in Hollywood, and I’m suffering [because of] a guy who doesn’t want to go home because he doesn’t like his wife and kids, and he wants to hold me hostage here while he’s telling dick jokes,” she said. “The more I would be in rooms where there would be half women, or more and more women, the more that type of misogynistic behavior ended. It would just start to end.”
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