Sex and the other 8 keys to Elite success

2020-04-02T14:15:57.046Z

In its three seasons, the Spanish series Elite has become a phenomenon in Spain ... and half the world, especially in Latin America. Initially intended for an audience j

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Part of the Elite casting, in a scene from the Netflix teen series.

In its three seasons, the Spanish series Elite has become a phenomenon in Spain ... and half the world, especially in Latin America. Initially intended for a youthful and / or adolescent audience, it has surprisingly hooked many adults as well. These are eight of the keys to your success.

1. Sex

The letters s, e, x and y, one after the other and in this precise order, almost alone guarantee the success of any audiovisual product. In Elite there are all kinds: straight, homo, polyamory, incest ... The first season is the most explicit but the following two do not fall short.

2. Glamor

All the cast members are young and handsome (well, all but one, who in any case is young). More than a high school institute, they look like the components of a Calvin Klein model show. In fact, they wear clothing from brands that most humans will never wear. And on top of that they dedicate their leisure time, between sex and sex, to drinking champagne in nightclub rooms is the most.

3. Drugs

Hash, marijuana, cocaine, colored pastis ... in Elite nothing is missing. The highs help the characters to become more uninhibited if possible and to practice their favorite hobby. Yes, of course, sex.

4. Social commitment

It's not any joke. The first season addressed the problems of a girl with HIV, in the third a character suffers from cancer and in the three we witness the clash between Muslim parents with their westernized children.

Danna Paola.

5. The Hitchcockian touches

The narrative style, kicking off each season with a crime and recounting the events that have led to them through flashbacks, in which the viewer sometimes has more information than the characters themselves, is a narrative device that has always worked well, because it creates suspense and anxiety. And here is no exception.

6. Winks to Latin America

The presence in the cast of the Mexican teen star Danna Paola guaranteed the audiences in the North American country. And his very risque sex scenes and his viperine language have earned him a legion of followers in Spain.

Ester Expósito

7. Generational conflicts

Parents who manipulate their children for their own benefit, children who manipulate their parents, parents and children who do not support each other and are in permanent conflict ... life itself.

8. Social networks

Whatsapp, Instagram or Facebook are as protagonists as the protagonists themselves and are very well integrated in both the script and the editing.

9. Esther Expósito

This twenty-year-old from Madrid is called to be a brilliant star. With his Gloria Grahame air, he embroiders the femme fatale character worthy of classic black cinema who has been lucky and his are the best moments of the series, like that final scene of the second season in which, without falling into spoilers, he bears defeat with a disarming dignity. A protagonist in cinema at his height, now!