The latest audience data from Netflix They confirmed that ‘Wednesday’ is already the third most watched series of all time on the platform, but it was not all good news, since they also revealed to us that ‘Smiley’ had been a failure. And it is that the remarkable Spanish work did not even sneak into the weekly Top 10 of the most watched non-English-speaking series of the week.
“Much ado About Nothing
It is striking that this has happened because ‘Smiley’ has indeed managed to make noise, although it was surely for reasons that have nothing to do with the wishes of those responsible. The controversy in question it has revolved around whether it can be enjoyed as a typical romantic comedy or if it is a missed opportunity when it comes to the representation of LGBTIQ+ stories.
That makes it clear again that something similar to what happened with ‘Blonde’ just a few weeks ago has happened. It is one thing to talk about a title in question on social networks and the space that the media give to that work to take advantage of the media pull and it’s quite another for that to actually translate into success, even if you’re on Netflixthe number 1 streaming platform worldwide.
It is also necessary to bear in mind that not all local productions have a reason to hook audiences from other countries and with ‘Smiley’ we have proof of this. The series created by Guillem Clua It didn’t even reach number 1 in Spain, but it has barely made it into the Top 10 of another handful of Latin American countries, in almost all of them in very low positions.
Therefore it is possible that all this controversy around ‘Smiley’ has been a purely Spanish thing and that it has not made so much noise beyond the sector of the public to which it was most directed. There, perhaps what has happened is that some viewers have demanded that it be a different series from the one it aspires to.
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