Hay cosas a las que les vamos cogiendo el gusto. Y esto de escribir reseΓ±as para la blockchain me ha fascinado en el aΓ±o y dos meses que llevo aquΓ. Es grato, la verdad, compartir algunas ideas, criterios y opiniones sobre una pelΓcula o una serie de televisiΓ³n. Y sΓ, bueno, si sobre eso podemos arrojar un poco de luz y estimular a que vean lo que ya hemos disfrutado, es para mΓ como una fiesta.
Hoy te voy a hablar de La DiplomΓ‘tica. Y mΓ‘s que una serie sobre su argumento, su punto de vista o su historia misma βsi se quiereβ, propongo hablarte de los personajes principales. Porque la verdad, el diseΓ±o de esos personajes es una de las cosas que mΓ‘s me ha llamado la atenciΓ³n.
Y es que, cuando vemos series polΓticas, casi prΓ‘cticamente todos los polΓticos son iguales, ΒΏno? Se tratan de ambiciosos, frΓos y hasta leales con el sistema. Sin embargo, La DiplomΓ‘tica consigue que parezcan personas de verdad. DetrΓ‘s de los trajes, de las chaquetas, de las oficinas de la embajada, de los cocteles con la realeza, hay personajes que son personas. Como lo lees. Ellos se preocupan, se equivocan y, sobre todo, sienten.
Kate Wyler: La Embajadora que no querΓa serlo
Ella es una mujer que no querΓa ser embajadora. Vamos a empezar por ahΓ. Es la tΓpica mujer poderosa que rompe todos los techos de cristal, pero hay que entender algo: ella no querΓa el puesto. Ella querΓa ir a Kabul. Estaba pensando que ese era un sitio interesante y que allΓ podrΓa hacer algo real. Sin embargo, la mandaron a Londres, donde a veces lo mΓ‘s βcomplicadoβ puede ser aprender a usar un tenedor en una cena de estado.
Ella es humana. A veces nos saca de quicio, no le gusta el protocolo. Parece como si le estuvieran mandando al matadero cuando tiene que ponerse un vestido de gala. Es increΓble que, en medio de todo ese entramado internacional, lo ΓΊnico que le interese sea quitarse los zapatos. Esa es ella: una mujer que prefiere estar en el barro resolviendo problemas de verdad, antes que sonreΓr para la foto.
Por eso es humana: tiene miedo. Sobre todo, miedo de no estar a la altura. Miedo tambiΓ©n de que descubran algo que no saben. Miedo de que su marido la opaque βporque Γ©l tambiΓ©n estΓ‘ involucrado en la polΓticaβ. Y tiene miedo de perderlo, aunque a veces, desearΓa tenerlo bien lejos. Es una cosa de estar en conflicto con ella misma. Como querer algo y no poder. Algo que choca con ese clichΓ© de la mujer fuerte que no necesita de nadie. ΒΏQuΓ© te parece? Ella es asΓ.
Hal Wyler: El hombre que no sabe amar sin hacer daΓ±o
Ahora te voy a hablar del marido de la diplomΓ‘tica. Este puede que sea el personaje mΓ‘s complejo de toda la serie. Es el tΓpico hombre poderoso, carismΓ‘tico y manipulador. Que tambiΓ©n es manipulador. Pero lo han humanizado. Porque entendieron que, detrΓ‘s de la estrategia, hay un hombre que la estΓ‘ pasando mal.
Un hombre que necesita atenciΓ³n. Que necesita que lo quieran. Necesita sentirse ΓΊtil. Este es el esposo de la diplomΓ‘tica. Cuando ella empieza a destacar, Γ©l se pone nervioso. No es que sea un machista que no soporte el Γ©xito de su mujer, sino que su autoestima depende de sentirse necesario. Por supuesto que es un inmaduro βya lo sΓ©β y es un poco patΓ©tico, pero al mismo tiempo es profundo y es humano. La situaciΓ³n lo humaniza.
La escena que mΓ‘s lo humaniza, desde mi punto de vista, por supuesto, es cuando despuΓ©s de meter la pata una vez mΓ‘s, se sienta solo en la escalera de la embajada y se permite un momento de debilidad. AhΓ deja de ser un tiburΓ³n de la polΓtica y se vuelve un hombre que no sabe amar sin hacer daΓ±o.
Eidra Park: La jefa de la estaciΓ³n en Londres
Un ejemplo perfecto de humanizaciΓ³n. A primera vista, aparece la tΓpica gente dura, impenetrable. La que vive solo para el trabajo. Pero la serie no se apresura y nos muestra que, debajo de esa coraza, hay una mujer que tambiΓ©n duda y que tambiΓ©n sufre.
Ella estΓ‘ un poquito perdida con sus sentimientos. No es algo a lo que estΓ© acostumbrada. Y cuando las cosas se complican, lo primero que hace es encerrarse, protegerse y largarse. Pero luego vuelve. AsΓ que no te preocupes. Si decides ver la serie, hay que disfrutarla: cuando ella vuelve es donde reside su humanidad.
Austin Dennison: El Ministro atrapado por las expectativas
ΒΏY quΓ© me dicen del Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores britΓ‘nico? Un tipo negro, alto, joven, brillante, con un futuro prometedor. TambiΓ©n es un tipo normal que estΓ‘ atrapado por las expectativas. Todas sus decisiones parecen estar influenciadas por lo que su partido y su familia esperan de Γ©l. Eso debe ser terrible.
Y obviamente, tambiΓ©n estΓ‘ su relaciΓ³n con la diplomΓ‘tica. Es como ese βcasi algoβ que se siente en el aire. Es como cuando te da esa sensaciΓ³n de que algo va a pasar, pero que al final no pasa nada.
Stuart Hayford: El hombre invisible
Ya casi estoy terminando. Otro de los personajes interesantΓsimos de esta serie es el subjefe de la misiΓ³n. El tipo que se encarga de armar todo para que la diplomΓ‘tica pueda brillar. PodrΓa ser un personaje de relleno, es verdad. Pero la serie le da un toque humano cuando lo muestra frustrado, agotado y, a veces, profundamente solo.
Es muy laborioso. Pero, sin embargo, casi nunca recibe el reconocimiento que merece. Lo cual es una pena. Y conduce a su tristeza. No sΓ©. Es un tipo al que le encanta el amor, pero no le gusta hacer mucho ruido de nada de eso. Γl espera sin esperar nada a cambio y se conforma con lo que tiene, siempre y cuando estΓ© cerca de la persona que ama. ΒΏQuieren encontrar algo mΓ‘s humano que eso? Yo creo que no.
Lo que hace grande a esta serie no son sus tramas polΓticas, por muy bien hechas que estΓ©n βque lo estΓ‘nβ. Lo mejor de todo son sus personajes. Parecen personas reales. De verdad. AhΓ encontrarΓ‘s gente que se equivoca, que sabe amar, que no sabe amar, que tiene miedo, que sabe perdonar, y otras que a veces eligen el camino difΓcil, y otras que a veces sorprenden dando un paso al frente.
AsΓ que te invito a verla, porque vas a pasar momentos muy agradables.
βοΈ Contenido Original en espaΓ±ol y traducciΓ³n al inglΓ©s en Google Translation.
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There are some things we develop a taste for. And writing reviews for the blockchain has fascinated me in the year and two months I've been here. It's truly gratifying to share some ideas, criteria, and opinions about a film or a TV series. And yes, well, if we can shed some light on it and encourage others to watch what we've already enjoyed, it's like a celebration for me.
Today I'm going to talk to you about The Diplomat. And more than a series about its plot, its point of view, or its story itselfβif you willβI propose to talk to you about the main characters. Because, honestly, the design of those characters is one of the things that has most caught my attention.
And it's true, when we watch political series, almost all the politicians are the same, aren't they? They're ambitious, cold, and even loyal to the system. However, The Diplomat manages to make them seem like real people. Behind the suits, the jackets, the embassy offices, the cocktail parties with royalty, there are people who are real people. Just like that. They worry, they make mistakes, and above all, they feel.
Kate Wyler: The Ambassador Who Didn't Want to Be
She's a woman who didn't want to be an ambassador. Let's start there. She's the quintessential powerful woman who shatters all the glass ceilings, but you have to understand something: she didn't want the position. She wanted to go to Kabul. She thought it was an interesting place and that she could do something meaningful there. However, they sent her to London, where sometimes the most "complicated" thing can be learning how to use a fork at a state dinner.
She's human. Sometimes she drives us crazy; she doesn't like protocol. It's as if she's being sent to the slaughterhouse when she has to wear a ball gown. It's incredible that, in the midst of all that international turmoil, the only thing she cares about is taking off her shoes. That's her: a woman who prefers to be in the thick of things, solving real problems, rather than smiling for the cameras.
That's why she's human: she's afraid. Above all, afraid of not being up to the task. Afraid, too, that they'll discover something they don't know. Afraid that her husband will overshadow herβbecause he's also involved in politics. And she's afraid of losing him, even though sometimes she wishes he were far away. It's a matter of being in conflict with herself. Like wanting something and not being able to have it. Something that clashes with that clichΓ© of the strong woman who doesn't need anyone. What do you think? That's just how she is.
Hal Wyler: The man who doesn't know how to love without hurting
Now I'm going to talk about the diplomat's husband. He may be the most complex character in the entire series. He's the typical powerful, charismatic, and manipulative man. Who is also manipulative. But they've humanized him. Because they understood that, behind the strategy, there's a man who's going through a difficult time.
A man who needs attention. He needs to be loved. He needs to feel useful. This is the diplomat's husband. When she starts to stand out, he gets nervous. It's not that he's a chauvinist who can't stand his wife's success, but rather that his self-esteem depends on feeling needed. Of course, he's immatureβI knowβand a bit pathetic, but at the same time, he's profound and human. The situation humanizes him.
The scene that most humanizes him, from my point of view, is when, after messing up once again, he sits alone on the embassy steps and allows himself a moment of weakness. There, he stops being a political shark and becomes a man who doesn't know how to love without hurting others.
Eidra Park: The station manager in London
A perfect example of humanization. At first glance, she appears to be the typical tough, impenetrable person. The kind who lives only for work. But the series doesn't rush things and shows us that, beneath that shell, there's a woman who also doubts and suffers.
She's a little lost with her feelings. It's not something she's used to. And when things get complicated, the first thing she does is shut herself away, protect herself, and leave. But then she comes back. So don't worry. If you decide to watch the series, enjoy it: when she comes back, that's where her humanity lies.
Austin Dennison: The Minister Trapped by Expectations
And what about the British Foreign Secretary? A tall, young, brilliant Black man with a promising future. He's also an ordinary guy trapped by expectations. All his decisions seem to be influenced by what his party and his family expect of him. That must be awful.
And obviously, there's also his relationship with the diplomat. It's like that "almost something" you feel in the air. It's like when you get that feeling that something's going to happen, but in the end, nothing does.
Stuart Hayford: The Invisible Man
I'm almost finished. Another fascinating character in this series is the deputy head of the mission. The guy who orchestrates everything so the diplomat can shine. He could be a minor character, it's true. But the series gives him a human touch by showing him frustrated, exhausted, and sometimes profoundly lonely.
He's incredibly hardworking. Yet, he almost never receives the recognition he deserves. Which is a shame. And it contributes to his sadness. I don't know. He's a guy who loves love, but he doesn't like to make a big deal about it. He waits without expecting anything in return and is content with what he has, as long as he's close to the person he loves. Do you want to find anything more human than that? I don't think so.
What makes this series great isn't its political plots, however well-crafted they areβand they are. The best thing about it is its characters. They seem like real people. Truly. There you'll find people who make mistakes, who know how to love, who don't know how to love, who are afraid, who know how to forgive, and others who sometimes choose the difficult path, and others who sometimes surprise you by stepping forward.
So I invite you to watch it, because you're going to have a very enjoyable time.
βοΈ Original content in Spanish and translation into English in Google Translation.