Post by shakhar24 on Feb 28, 2024 11:19:25 GMT
Four and a half years after its modest results on Antena , “La casa de papel” premieres its last five chapters on Netflix this Friday and with them puts an end to the most successful Spanish fiction of all time, which has changed forever the Spanish audiovisual panorama. At the end of , with its actors thinking that everything ended there after the robbery at the Casa de la Moneda and audiences plummeting, Netflix bought its rights, put it in its international catalog and word of mouth managed to turn it into a real hit . global phenomenon , and today it is the second most viewed series in the history of the platform. It was one of the first examples of the global power of streaming.
But what is it about fiction that makes it so popular, from Tokyo to Bogotá? After a series of interviews with its team, its cast and fans, here are the keys. POWERFUL SYMBOLS: A COLOR, A MASK AND A SONG “La casa de papel” would not be the same without its C Level Executive List iconography . A red jumpsuit, a symbol of rebellion, passion and revolution. A mask reminiscent of Guy Fawkes' “V for Vendetta”, which was adopted by Anonymous activists, but nationalized with the face of Salvador Dalí, the symbol of resistance and surrealism. And an anthem song, “Bella Ciao” , proposed by the screenwriter and executive co-producer, Javier Gómez Santander.
The anthem of the Italian partisans that encouraged the anti-fascist resistance in World War II. THE ROBIN HOOD PHENOMENON Stealing from a company or someone rich is not the same as stealing from an entire system. In a climate of social fatigue, political disappointment and global crises, citizens soon embraced the symbol of resistance. The symbiosis was such that the mask, the jumpsuit and the “Bella Ciao” soon began to be used in different social protests throughout the world. From the military coup in Myanmar, to the yellow vests in France , through the marches against gender violence throughout Latin America. A GLOBAL SHOW… The city names of the characters came from an Álex Pina t-shirt that said “Tokyo” . From there, they all arrived in a row: Nairobi, Denver, Bogotá, Rio.
But what is it about fiction that makes it so popular, from Tokyo to Bogotá? After a series of interviews with its team, its cast and fans, here are the keys. POWERFUL SYMBOLS: A COLOR, A MASK AND A SONG “La casa de papel” would not be the same without its C Level Executive List iconography . A red jumpsuit, a symbol of rebellion, passion and revolution. A mask reminiscent of Guy Fawkes' “V for Vendetta”, which was adopted by Anonymous activists, but nationalized with the face of Salvador Dalí, the symbol of resistance and surrealism. And an anthem song, “Bella Ciao” , proposed by the screenwriter and executive co-producer, Javier Gómez Santander.
The anthem of the Italian partisans that encouraged the anti-fascist resistance in World War II. THE ROBIN HOOD PHENOMENON Stealing from a company or someone rich is not the same as stealing from an entire system. In a climate of social fatigue, political disappointment and global crises, citizens soon embraced the symbol of resistance. The symbiosis was such that the mask, the jumpsuit and the “Bella Ciao” soon began to be used in different social protests throughout the world. From the military coup in Myanmar, to the yellow vests in France , through the marches against gender violence throughout Latin America. A GLOBAL SHOW… The city names of the characters came from an Álex Pina t-shirt that said “Tokyo” . From there, they all arrived in a row: Nairobi, Denver, Bogotá, Rio.