The Regime series premiere

[silverstarry]

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Kate Winslet stars in this limited series that chronicles a year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel. Co-starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant

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[deerlike]

I said this in a previous post, but it feels like it's trying (and failing) to ape Ianucci. Also I think the show would be better coming from an Eastern European director and cast who are actually familiar with the realities and absurdities of living under an authoritarian regime.

[kittenishgirl]

It has definite Death of Stalin vibes but not as "fun" and punchy.

[the4thjuliek]

The creator, Will Tracy, was one of the few American writers on Succession and while he did a good job of emulating British black humour in The Menu (I think it helped that the director was British as well as most the cast), I think it doesn't really work well here.

Political satire is so hard to get right; Iannucci is undoubtedly the master of it, and considering Tracy hasn't actually worked with him, it comes off as a bit try-hard.

I mean, Adam McKay (who, to be fair, directed the pilot of Succession and then fucked off lol) couldn't pull it off with Don't Look Up and Vice. The black humour and satire in both movies were so lazy.

[5368f65]

HBO actually did many local productions that explored the same subject. I only hear from friends how painfully funny some of the Hungarian ones were, but I think they must have had Czech and Polish ones, too. So they had to make an effort to mess it up.

[deerlike]

These would actually interest me! By any chance, are these shows subtitled and available to watch outside of Europe?

Also, I'm reminded of this trend from awhile back when House of Cards was airing on Netflix, where fans would recreate the show's intro with timelapse shots from their own capital city, replacing the cast/crew names with those of their country's politicians. The "House of Cards Magyar" was really well-done, I thought:

[5368f65]

I couldn't even watch them yet myself, cause I think I would need both a VPN and an HBO Go subscription to watch. I keep postponing it, thinking I will go to Hungary and leech off of my sister's HBO Go instead of torrenting. I will have a look around soon for English subs, cause I do want to show these to my bf as well (who speaks next to no Hungarian). They did air these in a couple of different countries...

I heard the best things about this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arany%C3%A9let

[deerlike]

If ever you do find English subs, hook me up! I'm definitely game to watch this show.

[5368f65]

God, if you knew all the connotations of the names.... Omg I had my blood pressure go up just reading the names. lol

[deerlike]

Oh yes I got the significance of Orban*, obviously, but I imagine it's a lot more wryly meaningful for you actually knowing all of the Hungarian politicians named here.

* also the final two credits being "written by George Orwell" and "directed by Vladimir Putin" 🫠