The miniseries When They See Us constitutes an example of how a based-on-real-events fiction work can add to its poetic role the ability to participate in shaping democracy. Although journalism is not its central issue, this Netflix series makes a representation of the press in which it shows how the media failed in fulfilling its democratic role and tries to make amends for it. By analyzing 21 scenes dedicated to the media from a narrative perspective, this paper shows how the series represents the press’ failure in acting as watchdog during this case. Moreover, it also shows how this representation of the press turns the series into a watchdog itself.
Desde su fundación en 1703, San Petersburgo-Petrogrado-Leningrado ha sido un mito recurrente en la cultura rusa. La ciudad ha simbolizado la occidentalización de Rusia. Los estudios de este fenómeno se han centrado sobre todo en investigar cómo se creó mito en la literatura, pero no en el cine. Este artículo examina la representación de la ciudad en dos películas soviéticas: El Capote: una película al estilo de Gógol/ Kino-p’esa v manere Gogolia, (Kozintsev and Trauberg, 1926) y El Capote/Shinel’ (Batalov, 1956) como nuevas versiones del mito de la ciudad. A través de la obra de Gógol, las adaptaciones soviéticas muestran la forma en la que la herencia cultura del pasado fue relevante y cómo un mito puede dar sentido a una sociedad que necesita definir su identidad.
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