When a girl turns 15, it is customary for the family to throw a massive coming-of-age celebration, complete with a big, poofy dress, giant cake, chambelanes and a special dance. The event marks the transition from childhood to womanhood in a lavish way. Sunday's episode of
"When I was writing it, I was writing the action for it and I was listening to 'Tiempo de Vals,'" Saracho tells ET during a phone conversation."We threw it back, back, back. It wasn't like current quinceañeras. We went back." "It all just came together. As soon as we gave it to Marcos, it became bigger than it would've been for Lyn or Emma," Saracho notes, adding,"It had like a two-year gestation period."
"We wanted this to be camp and there was a big moment for quinceañeras in the late '80s, early '90s, where the whole aesthetic was the chambelanes were in military attire with epaulettes, and the dresses were big," Saracho details, adding that she got the swing idea from the telenovela."The Chayanne song was so big [at the time] and we wanted to have a campy double quince.
"Giving a queerceañera for someone, a young boy who wanted to have a quinceañera but it wasn't culturally appropriate, [is amazing]," "This being broadcast by a major network is the biggest signaling to any queer person -- especially a cis-male, queer boy -- that who you are is perfect, it is enough and you deserve to be seen," Tona notes."It seems so small.