Pablo Escobar is back, at a theater near you

Pablo Escobar may have died more than 20 years ago but you'd think the Colombian drug lord synonymous with power, violence and money is back, what with all the TV shows and movies about him. For many Colombians, especially the poor in his native Medellin, Escobar was a Robin Hood who used his seemingly bottomless wealth to build schools and such and otherwise flaunt his largesse. Tom Nunan, producer and lecturer at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, likened Escobar to an irresistible badboy figure, someone who breaks all the rules and laws.

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