CAIRO

- While millions follow the Ramadan TV series that follow the Ramadan model in 30 episodes, and viewers often feel bored, prolonging and extending events, a short series entitled "Eagle of the Seine" recently appeared on YouTube, its number does not exceed five episodes, and provoked wide reactions on the communication sites. .

The series "Eagle of the Seine" tells about the young Omda, who is looking for an opportunity to star in the rap world. He calls himself "Eagle of the Seine" for his ability to seize his opponents in the competitions of rappers.

rap competition

The series begins by noting that "this work is only intended for laughter and entertainment, and has nothing to do with the real world", with an age classification over the age of 18, and the events begin on the fifth of September 2021, when Karim Events office receives a call from Mr. Ahmed Hobbs rapper business manager (rapper) mayor;

To record the "Freestyle Battle Summit" party, which the series defines as a debate between two rappers, in which the audience is judged based on which one is more tactful, in which the rap star Umda participates with his counterpart Fadel.

Umda is late in arriving, which provokes the resentment of the anticipating public, but he arrives at last, and we know that he calls himself the “Eagle of the Seine” for his superiority over everyone, and the battle of rap begins, as if we are in a heated contemporary competition of poets in Souk Okaz, where Arab poets used to The pre-Islamic era used to gather and brag about their poems so that critics judge between them and choose the best poetry and the best poets.

The mayor loses his battle, but he refuses to admit his defeat, and accuses his opponent of manipulating and buying the public and bringing his friends and relatives to stand on his side, and he continues his ambition to renew the art of rap in Egypt, as soon as he presented a song about “The Arab Dream” (the famous song in the nineties in which the most important singers of the Arab world participated. ), and a mayor walks in the street distributing his album to the people, and asking them to take a picture with him, because - of course - he is "very famous".

mayor

The most important character is Omda, his friends talk about his genius and that he is the next rap star with strength, but we see with our own eyes his naivety and the shallowness of his talent, while he arrogantly insists that he is the genius who is waiting for the opportunity. ), and this opportunity comes when he meets the famous rap star "Wigs", who is hired by the makers of the series, an actor somewhat similar to him.

5 episodes only

“Eagle of the Seine” is a series of 5 short comic episodes, the duration of the episode ranges between 8 to 13 minutes. The episodes were directed by Karim Al-Din Al-Alfi and Karim Mortada, and they co-wrote it, and starring Mohamed Oda, Ahmed Fadel, Ahmed Ihab, Mohamed Maddah, Ahmed Badran, Ahmed Hani Ismail.


It seems clear that the production is modest, but it proves that any content maker can present his art to the world as long as he has a camera, and in today's world a mobile phone camera can present a distinctive image, after making full films with phone cameras, which won appreciation and approval around the world.

insurgency

This series is made by a group of young people whom we see for the first time, rebelling against traditional laughter and well-known comedy stars, and they represent a new generation looking for fresh “abominations”, made by young people of the same age, who understand their aspirations and interests, even if they are not liked by adults, and often It will not be understood by adults or young people far from the world of rap and underground singers.

The way to display their creativity was the YouTube platform, free from production restrictions imposed by production companies operating in the Egyptian market and subject to government censorship restrictions or affiliated with the United Company owned by official state agencies, or even Internet platforms that deal with specific producers and artists and provide content that does not exist. It lives up to the aspirations of the new generation, similar to the series "Bimbo", which was recently presented by the Shahid platform, directed by Amr Salama, and starring Ahmed Malik, alongside rapper Wiggs.

Views of the first episode of the series have so far approached 460,000 (social networking sites)

old experience

Some compared the experience to a short film entitled “Men Do Not Make the Impossible” (2002), which spread on computers in the pre-YouTube era, and was made by unknown youth at the time, Ahmed Fahmy, Hisham Majed and Sheko, and the success of the film encouraged producer Mohamed Hefzy to present his industry in a series. Avish and Tasbeeh” (2007) and then the movie “Paper Blade” (2008), to represent the real breakthrough for its stars, who have become one of the most prominent Egyptian comedy stars now.

reactions

"Eagle Seine" impressed the pioneers of social networking sites, as some expressed the difference of this series in being able to present the comic theme to simulate the works already executed, mocking documentaries about rappers, as well as mocking the world of rappers who imagine that they are stars, and presenting it Very well written characters.

Some also praised the characters' dialogue, which seems very natural, close to the language of young people, with all its randomness, which makes it naturally spontaneously with a large area of ​​improvisation.

success

Views of the first episode have so far approached 460,000, which is a great success for a series made with a very limited budget and unknown heroes, but it manages to resolve the equation intelligently for the Internet audience: short episodes, fast pace, a topic that addresses young people in their language, style and interests.

Will its makers succeed in presenting their novelties and access to the famous display platforms, or do they really want to present their ideas without restrictions and away from profit and loss accounts and control restrictions?