A delightful coming-of-age comedy-drama about a Mexican-American teen struggling against her environment and the expectations of her overbearing mother as she attempts to forge her own path in life, “Real Women Have Curves” represents both an empowering entertainment for women and a vindication for all the zaftig girls ...
One of the bigger differences between the movie and the play has to do with the characters. The play introduces five characters- Ana, Estela, Carmen, Pancha, and Rosali. The movie made Ana the center of the plot, but in the play she doesn't have such a prominent role.
JOSEFINA LOPEZ: It took 11 years for the movie to get made. I worked with Norman Lear to turn it into a sitcom, and even he couldn't get it on TV!
Real Women Have Curves — co-written by Josefina Lopez, who penned the play the film is based on, and George LaVoo — is an intimate portrait of what can be the most tender time in someone's life: the two months between graduating high school and starting college.