In Movistar they illustrate the screen that presents and promotes La Mesías, a series created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, apparently known in the media and among colleagues by the supposedly exotic and endearing nickname Los Javis, with numerous critical comments and all agree on this limit to the dithyramb. They describe it as a work of art, the most revolutionary in the series, and also receive great praise. It has the hideous problem promoted by various platforms (that you pay money for) that they only show one episode a week. You’ll have to wait for it to finish if you want to run a marathon with it. If certain series seem like mediocrity or horror to you from the first chapter, which happens often, you stop watching them for the rest without creating the slightest tension. However, if the beginning seemed interesting to you, gather patience and wait until they program the whole thing. It can be annoying.
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There is something hypnotic, recognizable and careful visual design about the three chapters I have seen so far of The Messiah, a very strange, far-fetched and accomplished tone. But it’s also twisted, sick, and indebted to David Lynch’s universe, his keys and fixations that usually bore me or get on my nerves.
In Messiah there is esotericism and spiritual perversions to the extreme. Also cruelty, showing the infinite difficulties of something so vulnerable and delicate called childhood. They are children whose parents are idiots. Some wander from one house to another with a very wealthy mother at their side who works as a prostitute. Others live in a large house in the countryside and live in monstrous situations, protected by parents who practice religious fanaticism and an aunt from Opus Dei who tries to teach them the fear of sin and submission to God. On the other hand, the elder brother tries to distract the children by putting on musicals and making them perform, which creates excitement amidst their helplessness. There are more characters, all very strange. The Messiah surprises me. It is as imaginative as it is dark. I come to the result. But I’m not sure if it fascinates or disgusts me. Or maybe a little of both.
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