Rolling Stone Brazil watched the first two episodes and does not bring good news: Globe production has novels and simplifies complex character
The fever of movies and biographical series made another victim: Raul Seixas. Original production Globe in partnership with O2 Moviesthe series Raul Seixas: I am reaches the streaming of Globe Next Thursday, 26, with the ambitious promise of portraying a character as complex as the Bahian singer, died in August 1989 and here interpreted by RAVEL ANDRADE.
Judging by the first two episodes, assisted firsthand by Rolling Stone Brazilthe goal is not achieved. The work created by Paulo Morellithat divides the direction with Pedro Morellisounds caricata and simplistic – sins committed by most biographical productions of musical artists.
After a short opening referenced the situation where, drunk, was confused with an impostor during his own show in 1982, the first episode briefly portrays the childhood of Raul Santos Seixaswho, as repeated by his mother, studied to become a diplomat – something stated to a child, which does not make sense. The focus of the inaugural chapter, even, is to show the beginning of the artistic trajectory of Raulwho leaves Salvador with his girlfriend/wife Edith Wisner (Amanda Grimaldi) and colleagues of their first band, The panthersto try life as a musician in Rio de Janeiro. It doesn’t work, and he starts working as a producer of the label CBSbut soon establishes bond parallel with the Polygram to launch your work as a singer and composer.
The second chapter presents the beginning of the Seixas with its main creative partner, the writer Paulo Coelho (João Pedro Zappa), at the time immersed in hippie culture and occultism. Of more avant -garde and experimental approach, Rabbit resists accepting the invitation to work with Raulbut end up stumbled and both influence each other. Krig-ha, mandolo! (1973), Bahian’s first album as a solo artist, reaches public, but commercial success is not exactly portrayed, at least at this point.
Despite the whim in photography and soundtrack, as well as the attempt to deepen the story with a series instead of a movie, Raul Seixas: I am suffers from basic problems. At no time interpretations of Andrade and Zappa They help offer immersion and sometimes sound forced. The “guilt” must be shared with its scripts, which bring unnatural and excessively didactic dialogues, closer to a soap opera than a series. The result is dragged, especially in episode two.
RaulIt is reinforced, it is a complex character, stuffed with layers. Throughout the first chapter, however, it ends up portrayed as a little depth who just wants to become a famous musician at any cost. It is well known that he had much more to offer than that – and some of these characteristics even helped him become a producer celebrated before he went to his own artistic trajectory. Presenting his artistic success in the 1970s and his well -known collapse in the 1980s without making it clear who the man behind the legend was most likely to compromise the following episodes as well.
There are also some crash errors of chronology and ambiance. One of them occurs when Seixas sample “Let me Sing, Let Me Sing” node International Song Festival 1972. Performance is accompanied by a kind of cabin by the original formation d ‘The mutantswith Rita Lee dressed as a bride. The group even participated in this edition of the event, but Rite did not adopt the bridal costume and, about to break with the partners, certainly would not watch that presentation so excited next to Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgio Dias. Another of them occurs in the midst of Raul’s show at Phono 73with people doing “horns” with their hands in 1973 – generous years before the gesture became popular in the middle of rock and heavy metal. The recording session of “Fly in soup”with several guests, is another disconnected moment of reality by bringing the artist recording his vocals as if he was doing a show.
The comparison with Man with hrecent biography of Ney Matogrosso. The compliments to the film directed and scripted by Smir Filho no wonder: even with much less time than a series, the feature available in theaters and Netflix Cast in the details and pull the audience into the story. Raul Seixas: I amUnfortunately, you don’t have the same care, at least in your two initial episodes. Like so many other productions Globeit seems to have been done not for streaming, but to fill the programming of the post-night TV from 9 pm in a week without football.
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Source: Rollingstone
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