Uppers Editorial 06/26/2024 6:35 p.m.
The best series in history (for many) has only four episodes.
The best series in history (for at least two million portal users IMDb) should never have existed. Like many other fictions based on (painful) real-life events, aesthetic enjoyment never ceases to seem like a mere gesture of consumption in the face of the emotional storm that events produce. How legit is it turn a heinous crime into an artistic piece, a first-rate narrative artifact? What is it for? These are complex questions that are not the subject of this brief note, but they are good to keep in mind. There has been a lot of debate in our country about whether making a series as high-profile as the Asunta case is not revictimize Asuntato give an immediate example.
According to the IMDB film portal, this is the ranking of the 10 best Pixar films
In that case, it is assault and rape of a young athlete occurred in Central Park, in 1989. The series highest rated by IMDb users is called “This is how they see us” and focuses on the story of five racialized teenagers who were unjustly prosecuted and convicted of the crime. It is, as you may have guessed, a caustic and brutal x-ray of the deep racism of the American judicial system. The conviction, and subsequent redemption, of five young people whose lives were destroyed in the first instance, and marked forever in the second. Not to mention the damage to the victim herself, Trisha Meili, for whom there was no real justice until more than a decade later, when the true perpetrator confessed to the crime.
The unjustly accused boys served between 7 and 13 years in prison and, after being acquitted in 2002they sued the city of New York and were compensated 12 years later with 41 million dollars.
One of ‘The Central Park Five’ is put on trial in ‘This is how they see us’uppers.es
“An achievement”
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The series, in addition to the approval of viewers, also obtained the consensus of critics at the time. “The performances are amazing (…) They capture the innocence, in every sense, of the kids and the permanence of their loss. Result a great privilege to see you (…)”, said The Guardian’s review, “A elegant and heartbreaking reconstruction” said Time magazine. “It immerses viewers in a story that does not offer the typical tasteless entertainment of almost all stories based on real events. “It’s an achievement,” said Variety.
Trisha Meili, in 2005. The victim not only recovered but recounted her experience in books and conferences.uppers.es
Meili, victim of the real rapist, Matias Reyes, he rebuilt his life and told his experience. ‘This is how they see us’ says those other victims of the atrocious crime.
