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Summary The best series of the year so far that you can recover at Easter
Sexuality, abuse of power and machismo. A lot of machismo
.
The
Anatomy of a Scandal
series stirs conscience with a story in which a British minister is accused of rape.
A story based on a
bestseller by Sarah Vaughan
written in 2018 and that has already been placed
among the most watched on Netflix
.
Behind this success we find
David E. Kelley
, creator of
Ally McBeal
,
Big Little Lies
or
The Undoing
and
a specialist in stories set in the legal world.
And with surprising twists.
Sienna Miller plays Sohpie, the protagonist's wife.
THE GREAT LEGAL BATTLE
In the
six chapters of
Anatomy of a Scandal
we witness the ins and outs of a political and media trial that not only involves the politician in question, but also has a lot to do with his wife and children, who are astonished at the commotion that has to do with the
inappropriate action of someone with power
.
And to a non-consensual relationship that should not go unpunished.
The central case of this series is based in part on real events, when the
#MeToo
movement
uncovered unpleasant sexual events involving members of the English Parliament
.
Vaughan, who was working as a journalist for
The Guardian
at the time,
used all this
as material for his book.
Rupert Friend brings to life the politician accused of rape.
A CASE OF ABUSE OF POWER
James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend) is
a politician close to the town
married to Sophie (Sienna Miller), with whom they have two children together.
Events unfold quickly when this British government minister is
accused of infidelity
and, later, of having
raped Olivia Lytton
(Scott), an investigator on his team.
Her wife knows all this firsthand and
supports him when a trial begins
in which Kate (Michelle Dockery) will deploy all her intelligence as a lawyer to find evidence that will put the politician in jail.
"The Libertines"
is the group that young Whitehouse and Prime Minister Tom Southern (Geoffrey Streatfield) were a part of in their wild college days.
The two did what they wanted with women according to their whims and taking advantage of their privileged economic position.
And it is that point, which we see in the form of flashbacks, which should make
us reflect on the abuse of power of many
rich men with women who are related to them.
Or, even, of the prevailing machismo in our society when some men (and women) justify infidelities in a marriage.
Kate (Michelle Dockery) is the ruthless prosecutor on the case.
MORBO IN THE BACKGROUND
In many moments, the situation of the protagonist of this Netflix series
reminds us of that experienced by Bill Clinton
due to his resemblance to that of a politician with great responsibility and an employee who works closely with him.
But there is also a certain curiosity to see how
Sienna Miller gets into the skin of a woman who suffers in her flesh the infidelity of her partner
.
Let's remember that the British woman was cheated on by Jude Law, a piece of news as unpleasant as it was lurid was the reaction of the media that aired the interiors of the couple.
In the purely artistic, it is necessary to talk about the
great role played by Sienna Miller
(without a doubt, the best of the series) as a deluded woman who remains firm but doubts if she should do what is expected of her.
A believable interpretation that is
much better than Rupert Friend's
, not very believable at a certain point in which his character changes register.
And thirdly, the good work of
Michelle Dockery
(
Downton Abbey
) as a lawyer and something else.
However, on a global level, it is difficult to digest the
surprising plot twists
that the plot includes.
Without advancing anything, these have to do with the past of the main characters and with two of the secondary ones with whom they are most related.
It would not be strange for viewers experienced in series set in trials to see them coming from afar.
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