Hay cosas a las que les vamos cogiendo el gusto. Y esto de escribir reseรฑas para la blockchain me ha fascinado en el aรฑo y dos meses que llevo aquรญ. Es grato, la verdad, compartir algunas ideas, criterios y opiniones sobre una pelรญcula o una serie de televisiรณn. Y sรญ, bueno, si sobre eso podemos arrojar un poco de luz y estimular a que vean lo que ya hemos disfrutado, es para mรญ como una fiesta.
Hoy te voy a hablar de La Diplomรกtica. Y mรกs que una serie sobre su argumento, su punto de vista o su historia misma โsi se quiereโ, propongo hablarte de los personajes principales. Porque la verdad, el diseรฑo de esos personajes es una de las cosas que mรกs me ha llamado la atenciรณn.
Y es que, cuando vemos series polรญticas, casi prรกcticamente todos los polรญticos son iguales, ยฟno? Se tratan de ambiciosos, frรญos y hasta leales con el sistema. Sin embargo, La Diplomรกtica consigue que parezcan personas de verdad. Detrรกs 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 querรญa serlo
Ella es una mujer que no querรญa ser embajadora. Vamos a empezar por ahรญ. Es la tรญpica mujer poderosa que rompe todos los techos de cristal, pero hay que entender algo: ella no querรญa el puesto. Ella querรญa ir a Kabul. Estaba pensando que ese era un sitio interesante y que allรญ podrรญa hacer algo real. Sin embargo, la mandaron a Londres, donde a veces lo mรกs โcomplicadoโ 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 increรญble que, en medio de todo ese entramado internacional, lo รบnico que le interese sea quitarse los zapatos. Esa es ella: una mujer que prefiere estar en el barro resolviendo problemas de verdad, antes que sonreรญr para la foto.
Por eso es humana: tiene miedo. Sobre todo, miedo de no estar a la altura. Miedo tambiรฉn de que descubran algo que no saben. Miedo de que su marido la opaque โporque รฉl tambiรฉn estรก involucrado en la polรญticaโ. Y tiene miedo de perderlo, aunque a veces, desearรญa tenerlo bien lejos. Es una cosa de estar en conflicto con ella misma. Como querer algo y no poder. Algo que choca con ese clichรฉ de la mujer fuerte que no necesita de nadie. ยฟQuรฉ te parece? Ella es asรญ.
Hal Wyler: El hombre que no sabe amar sin hacer daรฑo
Ahora te voy a hablar del marido de la diplomรกtica. Este puede que sea el personaje mรกs complejo de toda la serie. Es el tรญpico hombre poderoso, carismรกtico y manipulador. Que tambiรฉn es manipulador. Pero lo han humanizado. Porque entendieron que, detrรกs de la estrategia, hay un hombre que la estรก pasando mal.
Un hombre que necesita atenciรณn. Que necesita que lo quieran. Necesita sentirse รบtil. Este es el esposo de la diplomรกtica. Cuando ella empieza a destacar, รฉl se pone nervioso. No es que sea un machista que no soporte el รฉxito de su mujer, sino que su autoestima depende de sentirse necesario. Por supuesto que es un inmaduro โya lo sรฉโ y es un poco patรฉtico, pero al mismo tiempo es profundo y es humano. La situaciรณn lo humaniza.
La escena que mรกs lo humaniza, desde mi punto de vista, por supuesto, es cuando despuรฉs de meter la pata una vez mรกs, se sienta solo en la escalera de la embajada y se permite un momento de debilidad. Ahรญ deja de ser un tiburรณn de la polรญtica y se vuelve un hombre que no sabe amar sin hacer daรฑo.
Eidra Park: La jefa de la estaciรณn en Londres
Un ejemplo perfecto de humanizaciรณn. A primera vista, aparece la tรญpica 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 tambiรฉn duda y que tambiรฉn sufre.
Ella estรก un poquito perdida con sus sentimientos. No es algo a lo que estรฉ acostumbrada. Y cuando las cosas se complican, lo primero que hace es encerrarse, protegerse y largarse. Pero luego vuelve. Asรญ 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
ยฟY quรฉ me dicen del Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores britรกnico? Un tipo negro, alto, joven, brillante, con un futuro prometedor. Tambiรฉn es un tipo normal que estรก atrapado por las expectativas. Todas sus decisiones parecen estar influenciadas por lo que su partido y su familia esperan de รฉl. Eso debe ser terrible.
Y obviamente, tambiรฉn estรก su relaciรณn con la diplomรกtica. Es como ese โcasi algoโ que se siente en el aire. Es como cuando te da esa sensaciรณn 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 interesantรญsimos de esta serie es el subjefe de la misiรณn. El tipo que se encarga de armar todo para que la diplomรกtica pueda brillar. Podrรญa 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 sรฉ. Es un tipo al que le encanta el amor, pero no le gusta hacer mucho ruido de nada de eso. รl espera sin esperar nada a cambio y se conforma con lo que tiene, siempre y cuando estรฉ cerca de la persona que ama. ยฟQuieren encontrar algo mรกs humano que eso? Yo creo que no.
Lo que hace grande a esta serie no son sus tramas polรญticas, por muy bien hechas que estรฉn โque lo estรกnโ. Lo mejor de todo son sus personajes. Parecen personas reales. De verdad. Ahรญ encontrarรกs 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 difรญcil, y otras que a veces sorprenden dando un paso al frente.
Asรญ que te invito a verla, porque vas a pasar momentos muy agradables.
โ๏ธ Contenido Original en espaรฑol y traducciรณn al inglรฉs 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 itselfโif you willโI 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 herโbecause 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 clichรฉ 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 immatureโI knowโand 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 areโand 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.
โ๏ธ Original content in Spanish and translation into English in Google Translation.
