Many people have complained that comedy is having an uninspired time due to the dictatorship of political correctness. It’s hard to understand how anyone believes that this really happens in a world where it’s still being done. ‘Strung in Philadelphia’but that does not mean that many productions of this genre lack the audacity to laugh at playing with the limits.
On Netflix they have been lucky enough to find one of those series without fear of anything when it comes to focusing their humorous bet. Its titled ‘Palermo Division’ and it revolves around the formation of an inclusive urban police team in order to improve the image of the police among the public. From there the maximum is that you can make jokes with all the characters, but be careful, laughing with them, not at them.
A most particular urban guard
One thing that ‘División Palermo’ does very well is outlining its protagonists, something that is done from an opening sequence that perfectly presents the poor wretch played by Santiago Korovsky, also creator of the series. Obviously, not all of them have the same weight, but one quickly becomes familiar with all of them, but the use made of them is impeccable, both for the members of that particular inclusive urban guard and for the rest.
That’s where I also put other policemen who make fun of them at the slightest opportunity, a very dangerous resource that the writers of the series handle with ease so that ‘División Palermo’ never loses that basic balance in tone so that the interest of the series don’t limit yourself to the effectiveness of your pranks. In addition, there is also a clear concern that the humor does not come solely from the dialoguesorchestrating quite a few visual gags that work just as well.
It should also be noted here his ability to play with different archetypes that in another time would have served as the basis for jokes that did not go beyond the offensive -and of the particular ability of the comedian in question to print his personal stamp-. That does not happen in ‘División Palermo’, since that lightness with which she is willing to laugh at everything, be it because of the height of one of her characters or because of the particular search for information on Google of another of them, is always there. extent, it is accompanied at all times by the ideal climate to explore it, always existing a key point of pathos for it.
Everything in its place (even what could have sunk it)
This can lead to the fact that perhaps the laughter that the series arouses in the public is not as constant and numerous as we would like, since there are also levels within the politically incorrect and here a certain sense of lightness is sought through a more everyday and fleeing from the thick line. That helps create a fun dynamic between the characters which is essential when it comes to establishing the ideal framework so that things never get out of hand.
In the end, ‘Palermo Division’ adds to long tradition of workplace comedy, with the particularity that here the very birth of the activity of its protagonists is marked by the passing of time. And it is that this inclusive urban guard is nothing more than a marketing maneuver that leads to the most exciting thing that they can face in their day to day is traffic control in a congested area.
From the series they also make fun of that fact, but what most strikes me about it is how the writers know how to introduce a much more serious subplot without, in my opinion, causing a disaster in ‘Palermo Division’ and that on top of that seems fundamental for the future of the series.
Well, that as long as Netflix ends up renewing it for a second season, which is not yet clear that will be the case, since ‘Palermo Division’ is going unnoticed in practically the whole world. In fact, only in his native Argentina and in Uruguay has he managed to sneak into the Top 10 of the platform…
So is it worth it or not?
I am clear that there is no series that everyone will like, but also I would be very surprised if ‘División Palermo’ fails to at least entertain the vast majority who are encouraged to give it a try, since he also has a certain endearing touch that works very well as a contrast in his determination to laugh at anything. Also, there are only 8 episodes of just over 20 minutes each. As little as you like it, in one afternoon you air it out, although for my part I think it’s better to savor it a little more.
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