Merlí
editPremise
editCast and characters
editEpisodes
editProduction
editMerlí is produced and recorded in Catalonia.[1]
"I wrote the show I would have liked to see when I was 16 years old. One that made me think and laugh at the same time, to help me make decisions, to make me question some things, to help me not feel different, or, on the contrary, to value the difference"[1]
About Olivera, Héctor Lozano: "I wanted to show the other gay side: the one that does not hide and is proud to be who he is. But I also wanted two students to get involved with him so that Merlí could be strict with them because this does not happen in real life. There are too many teachers who say 'it's not my problem, they're just kids' and no, you have to be strict"[1]
Distribution
editBroadcast
editIn Catolina, Merlí aired Monday nights on TV3.[2]
Netflix acquired the show rights in November 2016.[1] In the United States, it debuted on the streaming service on 1 December 2016,[3][4] when all episodes from the first season were made available on the service.[5] Aside from English subtitles, there were Spanish an Brazilian Portuguese as options.[2]
Home media
editReception
editMarty Brown of Common Sense Media:[6]
- "aside from the philosophy lessons, the show is mostly a high school drama in the vein of The O.C. or One Tree Hill"
- "Merlí doesn't really fulfill the promise of the premise, falling back instead on rote teen drama"
- "Merlí stays mostly surface-level with its philosophy"
Diego Maltz of Affinity Magazine[1]
- "In the style of 'Dead Poets Society'"
- "the show demonstrates and analyzes the situations we experience everyday without trying to give us a lesson but instead entertain us and inspire critical thinking. It is not obvious, it is not pretentious"
Pablo Allen Haker of Impact Magazine[2]
- It has "all the complicated entanglements to hook a viewer"
- "The writing is top-notch, the acting is some of the most professional I’ve seen, and the cinematography is more of what I expect from HBO or Netflix than a regional network"
Inácio Araujo of Folha de S.Paulo:[7]
- praised the third season for not focusing too much on Merlí, which was a drawback in the other two seasons
- commented that the series took an "official perspective" on the drug consumption issue despite always being "antirepressive"
- it shows for what philosophy, history, or Latin are used for
- praised its capacity for always being inventive
ABC https://www.abc.es/cultura/cultural/abci-merli-filosofia-contra-ignorancia-201804060216_noticia.html
Other media
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Maltz, Diego (9 April 2017). "Why Is No One Talking About Merlí?". Affinity Magazine. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Haker, Pablo Allen (11 January 2017). "Review: "Merlí'". Impact Magazine. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Fowler, Matt (21 November 2016). "New to Netflix for December 2016". IGN. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Sadlier, Allison (21 November 2016). "New on Netflix for December: Captain America, Barry, Little Rascals". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Watch Merlí Episodes on Netflix". TV Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Brown, Marty. "Merlí TV Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Araujo, Inácio (25 February 2018). "'Merli' mantém até o fim" ['Merlí' keeps being inventive untill the end]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 January 2019.