Earlier this week, results of an Annenberg Foundation study commissioned by streaming giant Netflix revealed that while they have made significant strides connecting to audiences looking for Black and Asian content, they are falling behind with content that provides representation to Latinx people. In response, La Borinqueña creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez tweeted out a suggestion that the streamer should consider making a TV version of his acclaimed graphic novel character, and producing the series in Puerto Rico with a cast of Latinx performers. It’s the kind of tweet that content creators toss out there into the wind all the time, but in this case, it caught the attention of some people who might actually be able to make it happen.

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