Dan Fogelman gave us one of the worst films of the last decade with the “Life itself” from 2018. At the same time, he is also responsible for some of the best television programs for premiere since 2015 The phenomenal fantasy musical “Galavant”, The rather underestimated “pitch” and of course “that’s us.”
These last two series are important because they debut about each other within a few days and have a very big deal in common: their pilot episodes end with a rather large action that radically changes what they think for the show about what it is about. This article will not show what these turns are, but it is enough to say that Fogelman has a certain style and continued this trend with its latest TV show, which Hulu Political Thriller “Paradise”, has continued.
“Paradise” combines Fogelman with his star Sterling K. Brown “This is us”. The latter plays Secret Service Agent Xavier Collins, the man who discovers the body of the former US President Cal Bradford (James Marsden) and a great balance between playing an inspiring and progressive guide directly from “The West Win” and a George W. .
This is and is a convincing thriller from the start. It is a story that you not only want to follow to get answers, but also the type of interpersonal, flashback havy character drama that Fogelman used so effectively for six seasons in “This Is Us”. In addition to Bradford and Collins, there is also the fascinating “Sinatra” (Julianne Nicholson), a billionaire with a tragic past, the influence of which touches every aspect of the show.
And then there is the mandatory turn of Fogelman, which comes at the end of the first episode (even the first part of the series three-episode premiere of the series about Hulu and Disney+ International). It is the kind of turn that I love to see-a radically newly contextualization of the kind of show that you believe.
The turn is only the beginning of what makes paradise good
Gigantic spoiler So that the premiere “Paradise” follows to follow.
It may be early, but the reader who shocked like me when I realized what was “paradise” Strictly speaking Over the past decade, only two not “lost” shows have taken place Every time “attack on Titan” provided an incredible, groundbreaking turn.
At the end of the first episode of “Paradise” we learn that the area around the show – which looked like an average (albeit idyllic) American neighborhood – is actually a massive underground protection deep in a mountain. This is correct, “paradise” is not only a thriller, but also a crime mystery post -apocalyptic The crime thriller, which was deployed after a catastrophe that extinguished most of the US population. (It is also tragically funny how much we accept that the future will inevitably look, with shows such as “Silo” and “Fallout”, which are told in the underground bunks in the underground in the underground.)
More than just A remarkable turn for a science fiction TV showThis also leads to a fascinating topic, which once reveals “Paradise” about the preparatory work that went into the bunker before it was populated. Through flashbacks that show Bradford’s entanglement with Sinatra, “Paradise” acts as a scorching charges against the way oligarchs can fall on the edge of a disaster. It is no coincidence that Sinatra is the most powerful person in the bunker, even though he is technically not president. She even had a hand in choosing every one of the people who survived the apocalypse.
That is the key to the twists of Fogelman. They not only create a mystery, but also the spectators on what is actually about one of his shows. In this case, “Paradise” is a research into the messy relationship between political power and money, in addition to a pleasant pulp thriller. It remains to be seen whether the answers to how exactly the world was destroyed and who killed the president, are convincing, but one thing is certain: after seeing the first three episodes of “Paradise”, I can hardly wait more, more to learn.
“Paradise” stream on Hulu.
