The first peculiarity of Spy/Master is that it is a Romanian series, a rare origin of these payments, although we assume they are common in Romania. The second peculiarity is the inertia of the platform in not looking for a less boring title. In any case, it’s an entertaining series in which the Cold War is the queen of the house.
Without reaching the subtlety of Le Carré’s novels, the plot of the Romanian series offers, in our opinion, a believable, i.e. discouraging, visual documentary about the regime of the satrap couple Nicolae and Elena Ceaucescu, Hammers of Heretics and Orthodox from 1967 until his execution in 1989. And if the Romanian dictatorial regime was excessive in its omnipotence, the series about spies could not be left behind: Adina Sădeanu and Kirsten Peters, their creators, have no qualms about including characters from the CIA. the Stasi, the KGB and the Romanian Secret Service in an intricate script that nonetheless increases his interest as its six chapters unfold, now offered by HBO Max. They tell of the fates and misadventures of Víctor Godeanu, Ceaucescu’s confidante, who plays for several gangs, intends to go into exile in the United States and on whose side he ultimately ends up we’ll never know.
Ambiguity is considered one of the fine arts, or one of the possible consequences of growing up in a regime that possessed absolute truth and was poor for those who did not accept and share it. In short, an interesting series that can be summed up in “Ceaucescu, homeland and family”, paraphrasing the slogan of the European extreme right.
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