Zelensky and “Servant of the People”, the comedy that has become, in spite of itself, a tragedy- time.news

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Of Aldo Grasso

The series on La7, which yesterday totaled 821 thousand spectators, to be followed with great attention because behind every shot there is a suggestion

In all honesty, I don’t know what I would have written if I had seen Servant of the People

in the year of release, 2015. I would have immediately thought of the films The man of the year (2006) with Robin Williams e Welcome President (2013) with Claudio Bisio, hinting at a small comparison: the background of Bisio veasily leaguesmentre Vasiliy Goloborodko (Volodymyr Zelensky
), elected president of the country by popular acclaim, after his outburst on government malpractice goes viral on YouTube, has ascendenze grilline. Although still the prime minister in charge to maneuver the election of him. Seen now, Servant of the People (La7, 24 episodes, which yesterday scored 821,000 spectators with a 3.42% share) lends itself to a different reading, conditioned by the dramatic situation where Ukraine is located.

We are seeing one comedy that becomedespite himself, a tragedy. The president of fiction, an idealistic history professor and a little big baby (politicians are clueless because they don’t know the story) became the real president and every scene is charged with new meanings. As soon as he takes office, the president breaks the seat belt he was piloted with and says: At this point I should promise you great things, but I won’t do it because it would be dishonest because I still don’t know how to do anything. But I will learn. And soon you will return to look your children in the eye, without being ashamed. It was a simple joke, now it sounds like a speech true leader. a series to be followed with great attention because behind every shot there is a suggestion. The professor. Goloborodko one of the many inexperienced who, in the cinematographic tradition, tries to change the world to save those who have no food and are afraid to go around the street. Via the governors, via the secretaries and corrupt advisers, via the rotten by the government. In Russia the series arrived censored, in Russia a series like this would never have conceived it.

April 5, 2022 (change April 5, 2022 | 10:11)

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