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THE LETTER OF THE SERIES. Denunciation should not remain the prerogative of cinema. The fictions of tomorrow also surf on the strong themes of our society.
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By Fabrice Dupreuilh
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Sn the pink carpet of CanneSéries, at a time when the sky is adorned with purple hues, the stars compete in beauty. Like every year. But in theaters, the pink is fading. Screens see red, grind black when not laughing yellow. TV dramas, if they still play the entertainment card, firmly seize current affairs of the moment to also offer their view on the themes that shake society. Sexism, agri-food scandals against a backdrop of ecological disaster, feminism… The showrunners, screenwriters and directors of series want to be in touch with our world.
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Who has never thought about the rise of populism before an episode of the Machiavellian Game of Thrones or Baron Noir? Or the merits – or not – of transparency in politics by watching Borgen? As for the global success of La Casa de Papel, does it not reflect the rise of “anti-system” thinking in our democracies? More pragmatically, what do the great contemporary stories that are the series teach us about power, its stakes and its games, about how we conquer it and how we keep it?
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