Anna Marie de la Fuente Netflix has set May 12 for the worldwide premiere of “El Baile de los 41” (“Dance of 41”), the fact-based drama about the early 20th century scandal that rocked Mexican high society.Penned by Monika Revilla and directed by David Pablos (“The Chosen Ones”), “El Baile de los 41” focuses on the 1901 scandal of the Ball of the Forty-One where police raided a private home in Mexico City and exposed various prominent society men in drag, including the son-in-law of the president of Mexico.
Although the government tried to suppress the story, the local press gave it blanket coverage, marking the first time that homosexuality was openly discussed in the Mexican media and impacting the country’s culture for years to come.
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