Merlo: a different series
We have never had so many television series at our disposal, and today we want to talk to you specifically about a Spanish series from the Netflix catalog.
- Actually.
- Talk? It is beginning to become an imprecise expression.
- The new platforms for viewing series.
- Movies.
- Reality shows and documentaries have multiplied our options in front of the TV grid and its dynamics.
In the wide range of options, there is a series that has been able to teach, motivate, entertain, entertain and vibrate, especially to excite. We are talking about Merlo, with a protagonist who is dedicated to teaching philosophy in a school.
For all those who are not part of this discipline, philosophy can have a somewhat grey, too far-to-do or overly theoretical image. The great merit of philosophy is that philosophy is perceived, applied, felt and not only read or theorized.
This discipline, for many mothers of all current disciplines of knowledge, concerns life and a series of problems that revolve around it, so what better way to show philosophy than for life itself, in this case, the life of its protagonist gives the series its own name.
As if that were not the case, each chapter of each of the three seasons is based on the doctrine of a particular philosopher, in fact, each chapter shows the main ideas or theories of a philosopher, without changing the plot of the series.
Merlo thus shows us a way of understanding the philosophy much more dynamic and practical than we are used to.
Merlo is a series with tragicomic touches. The main character, Merlo, played by Francesc Orella, is a professor of philosophy a little decadent, of immature attitudes, sensitive, sometimes showing a poorly constructed masculinity ?, but above all, authentic, cunning and provocative.
However, what happens in the series also has to do with its other protagonists, the students, who little by little are getting to know the lights and shadows of the lives of many students in their class.
In fact, Merlo is a different teacher because his personal life is intertwined with the life of each student, this is one of the countless examples of his political inaccuracy, the questioning of boundaries and the system in general. and students go beyond the four walls of the classroom.
Does the series amuse, shake, sadden, frustrate? It is powerfully realistic, moving away from predictable dynamics or very shallow characters.
The series that have a main protagonist have the difficulty that it must be very well built, the construction of Merlo’s character was practically perfect. They managed to create a “hero” with characteristics diametrically opposed to the archetype of the classic hero.
We see him as brave, bold, but at the same time cowardly and immature, emotionally chaotic, but of noble origin. Without any sign of moral hypocrisy (perhaps one of his brands), Merlo manages to seduce us, although it is very difficult to agree with him on everything.
Life and death, illness, erotic relationships, drugs, friendship . . . are just a few of the themes that this unique series addresses, but Merlo is someone who goes through these problems without showing excessive solemnity or drama.
It accepts all these issues as part of life, which can affect us closely or not so much, and which we must manage to the fullest.
The connection with each student is so special because the protagonist has a highly identifiable adolescent component, which connects him with the students and seduces the rest of the people, not so much in his language or his personal interests, but in his sometimes hedonistic attitude. and sometimes irresponsible.
In short, it is a series that leaves no one indifferent, and that has managed to evoke something much needed in the time we live: criticism, reflection, reflection, acceptance, knowledge?Philosophy.