Televisa, Mexico's prime television network, supported the film early in production, but when they realized the criticism it made of it, withdrew its support. It was rumored that the actors were warned that if they appeared in the movie, they would be banned from the network. Televisa later denied these allegations.
The name of the movie comes from a scene in another Estrada movie, "Herod's Law (1999)." However, the original phrase was coined by Mario Vargas Llosa in 1990.
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MUCA) in the UNAM Campus, was used as filming location for the Mexican Television Network.