😍 2022-09-06 07:36:13 – Paris/France.
Netflix is a surprise box. Whatever they say, I could dedicate myself exclusively to writing what happens in this online content distribution system and the columns would not be enough for me.
Among the many that Netflix offers today with journalistic relevance is an incredibly important, good and successful documentary series.
I mean "America vs. America ". Are you looking at her? Isn't that the most wonderful thing in the universe?
Let me explain: whether you love soccer, know Mexican teams, or love or hate America, you have to see this material.
Because? Because it represents a revolution in substance and in form. The day the industry learns to make series like this to tell stories about politics, entertainment and culture, I swear we will have entered a golden age of entertainment and information.
In order for you to understand the magnitude of this cannon shot, we will divide it into two: the content part and the production part.
Content: What do you think if I say to you “we are going to see a documentary series on America”?
Surely in a formal, dense and chronological tome with the history of this football team spread out with scrupulous slowness and arch-solemn narration.
Otherwise, in a review of the successes of these gentlemen, their best matches or the players who have been part of their ranks.
“America vs. America” is not that. It is above all a spectacle. And what does it take for there to be a show? Drama. And where does the drama begin? In setting up a conflict.
This documentary series confronts audiences by giving them tools to attack or defend something they may not even know about. It's fantastic!
And when you think it's going to explode, the structure of this megashow takes us back in time, brings us back to the present, and brings us back to other points in the timeline to understand the phenomenon of this football team.
Yes, there is a narrator, but what a narrator! It is Carlos Ballarta (“The Maroma Star”), a genius of Mexican comedy. His mission is not to treat people like fools but to cheer them up, energize them and engage them. And the boy does he understand!
As if that weren't enough, the number, quality and diversity of people interviewed for this is mind-boggling.
We go from Emilio Azcárraga himself to José Ramón Fernández, via Joaquín López-Dóriga, Fernando Schwartz, Geo González, Santiago Baños, “El Choco” Ruiz Sánchez, Carlos Hermosillo, Juan Dosal, Arlindo Dos Santos, “El Piojo” Herrera and Cuauhtémoc Blanco, to name a few.
And if it's the interviewees, I don't even want to talk to you about the monument of images that illustrates this poem from the documentary series: the best of the best from the archives of cinema, sport, architecture and, of course, television in this country.
Those responsible for the content of "America vs. America” deserves an award.
Production: let's be honest, there are a lot of documentaries in the industry, but unfortunately, almost all of them are produced in the same way. They can be historical, natural or biographical tragedies. The result tends to look alike, to repeat itself.
“America vs. American. It's like the “Game of Thrones” of documentary series. Instead of starting cold, it leads us to hot, to music, to resentment.
And instead of letting the words fly, he responds with interposed graphics, provokes by inserting scenes from television soap operas and surprises with interposed graphics.
I don't even want to imagine the time it took to locate every image to match every statement to tell every segment of every chapter, let alone the price of it all.
Each plan is studied so that it says something visually and so that, at the same time, it does not resemble either the previous one or the one that follows.
“America vs. America” is a great act of love both for America and for Mexican football as well as for sports in general and for documentary series.
What is the note? The fact that Netflix is the platform that offers this recognition.
Netflix comes from outside. It would have been very easy for them to set up a documentary series on the Denver Broncos, but no, he thought of us, he takes care of us and he consents to us.
Also, what an openness Televis has in collaborating for this concept, having its own media to talk about it and more.
Fight to see “America vs. America” on Netflix. You will like it. Really yes.
Alvaro Cueva
alvaro.cueva@milenio.com
SOURCE: Reviews News
Do not hesitate to share our article on social networks to give us a solid boost. 🤗