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New FX series chance to tell Latino stories from inside out

Aug 3, 2018 | 4:51 PM

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The co-creator of a new series featuring Latino characters who are violent criminals is at its core about a family, albeit a damaged one that lives outside the parameters of normal society.

Kurt Sutter told a TV critics meeting on Friday that he’s proud to have a brown cast in “Mayans M.C.,” which debuts Sept. 4 on FX.

Sutter says he never writes his characters from a point of view of them being dangerous or bad. Instead, he focuses on the idea that they are humans with complex feelings.

The show’s co-creator, Elgin James, says he grew up in a world of gangs and violence, and he sees the show as a first chance to tell Latino stories from personal experience.