DEFENDING JACOB!

Hello beautiful people, how was your weekend? did you see something new? something interesting? if not, I bring you a show that you will not want to miss.

Defending Jacob is an Apple TV + show. It all begins when the body of a teenager appears in a park and automatically there is a main suspect, Jacob Barber (Jaeden Martell), who happens to be the son of the prosecutor who was going to take the case, Andie Barber (Chris Evans), and from a much-loved teacher in town, Laurie Barber (Michelle Dockery).

The interesting thing is that Mark Bomback's (War for the Planet of the Apes) work, which is based on William Landay's novel, does not focus so much on research as on the idea of living in the shadow of suspicion. The Barbers find themselves in an uncomfortable situation: their son claims he is innocent but there is evidence against him, and suddenly the community rejects them.

There are eight episodes that deconstruct the idea of the perfect family, fatherhood and motherhood with a well-treated mystery. Jacob's demeanor, who doesn't have a lot of social skills, fits wherever he wants: adolescent stupidity and psychopathy, so the game works wonders with a trio of always-effective actors.

Defending Jacob ends up with a much more ambiguous cut than William Landay's novel, and if you haven't read the novel and haven't seen the show I'm sorry to give you a SPOILER but I thought it was a good way to have an ending in which the viewer can create their own opinions.

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After learning of a substantial cover-up to the case, and increasingly doubting her son's innocence, Laurie crashes her car into a wall. In the book, Jacob is killed instantly on impact, but in the series the young man ends up in a coma, leaving us wondering if the boy is guilty or not.

Mark Bomback spoke on this point and said the following:

“I think if the show had given a definitive answer on guilt, it would have been a bit frustrating. I was very interested in making the viewer feel the experience that parents have. In the end, what matters is what Andy and Laurie think their son may or may not have done".

Chris Evans, who had previously spoken about Defending Jacob, arguing that only by immersing ourselves in particular extreme situations could we understand the series, said this:

“I think in our version, everyone deals with shame and guilt differently. Laurie didn't know how to overcome such trauma, by now, it had become part of a complex lying mechanism. 

She even preferred to die rather than continue to deal with it. I think this ending is much more interesting. You don't know if it is better to accept the truth or find a difficult balance in a world of lies”.

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Defending Jacob was a surprise to me within the huge panorama of current series, especially police series. In a genre that is increasingly characterized by trying to catch the viewer from shock, strange narrative turns and the most horrifying secrets imaginable (sects, conspiracies, secret fortunes, etc.), a series whose axis passes through the consequences of a possible crime between two boys who got on badly in a high school ends up becoming something realistic and even credible.

If you dont have access to Apple TV, or dont want to pay for streaming, you can see it through the Cuevana page at the following link https://cuevana3.io/serie/defending-jacob

Hope you like it, let me know on the comments.

XOXO Li.

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BEST INTERNATIONAL KPOP COLLABORATIONS!

The K-pop that emerged in the 90's and gained popularity in 2000, is not the same as we live today, this genre is one of the most changing, always innovating, a sample of this is the growing interest in international collaborations.

The numbers are not deceiving. According to the data collected by Statista, 38.9% of those surveyed think that K-Pop is a "very popular" phenomenon, with 27% corresponding to "popular", 23.4% to "popular only for some people", and 10.7% to "not popular".

A style that has penetrated the music markets of previously unreachable territories. This is the case in the United States, whose charts are awash with their voices.

In recent years this has become a constant, and great songs have been created, with artists that you did not imagine would be perfect with a Korean singer, they have gone viral, they have gotten into your mind and I assure you, you have not been able to get the rhythm out of your head.

Be sure to check out some of these must-see and eye-catching collaborations!

Red Velvet ft. Diplo & Ellie Goulding - Close to me

Monsta X ft. Steve Aoki - Play it Cool

G- Dragon ft. Missy Elliot - Niliria

Psy ft. Snoop Dog - Hangover

Super Junior ft. Reik - One More Time

Blackpink ft. Selena Gomez - Ice Cream

Wendy (red velvet) ft. Ricky Martin - Vente Pa ’Aca

BTS ft. The Chainsmokers - Best Of Me

Black Pink ft. Lady Gaga - Sour Candy

Key (SHINee) ft. Years & Years - If You’re Over Me

BTS ft. Nicki Minaj - Idol

Monsta X ft. Sebastian Yatra - Magnetic

J-Hope (BTS) ft Becky G - Chicken Noodle Soup

Which of these collaborations did you like the most? which one surprised you?

Let me know on the comments.

XOXO Li.

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE!

Hello beautiful people, how have you been? how is your week going so far? Let's talk about horror series, more specifically about a show that I came across a little bit ago.

"The Haunting of Hill House" is a new adaptation of the novel by Shirley Jackson, perhaps the most iconic reference in the haunted house genre. I have not seen the films that have been based on this work, and I have not read the original source either, so my references are the summary of its plot and my own opinion.

This Netflix series tells us the life of the Crain family at the time when they entered to live in a mysterious house in which a traumatic event occurred for everyone. In the first five episodes we witness various events told from the points of view of the five brothers, culminating in a magnificent bottled chapter in which all the characters come together under one roof. An episode that has an impeccable staging and that can easily enter the lists of BEST episodes.

The direction is in charge of Mike Flannagan (Oculus, Absentia, Hush) who, with a slow pace, open shots, camera movements that follow the characters, subverts what we expect from the clichés of the genre, because he respects the viewer and knows that we know the conventions of this type of story.

There are series, which are installed in your brain, in your heart, in your gut or everywhere, that are capable of evoking sensations beyond your viewing and I can say that this is the case of Hill House. 

It has remained in my head, the story is not superficial, it's not an excuse to place scares in each episode and create a sick atmosphere. One could say, in fact, that it's the other way around: these key tools of the genre serve exclusively to tell us the story of a family.

The presents of Steven, Shirley, Theodora, Luke and Eleanor demonstrate to what extent our processing of memories has a direct consequence on our personality, at the same time our ability to empathize with our environment, to become emotionally uninhibited.

The ten episodes of "The Haunting of Hill House" are a deconstruction of the ways to overcome a trauma, of the mechanisms that we develop to face it (or not have to), of living marked by the shadow of a family member and the difficulties of keeping fraternal ties alive during adult life, especially when each one has developed their character and priorities.

The horror scenes are perfect and let me tell you, there are several that have been etched into my brain to threaten to appear in my nightmares, but we could easily eliminate all the supernatural parts and we would still have the interesting story of a family dealing with pain, loss, drug addiction, anger, guilt, trauma and mental illness. More than a story about a haunted house, it's a story about characters haunted by very REAL ghosts.

If you are a fan of the series, of psychological terror, if you like a good ghostly presentation this show is made for you, I found it recently, and I decided to do a marathon with my girlfriend, we could not detach ourselves from the screen with each chapter that passed.

Now Netflix has given us the teaser for the new show from the creators of this majesty and will come out this October honoring Halloween again "The curse of Bly Manor" so it brings the same strength, super intriguing and it will be great to see it .

If you have not caught this show yet, you are wasting your time, I will leave you the trailer so you know what you have missed and encourage yourself to marathon it

as I did.

XOXO Li.