“Swarm” (Prime Video): portrait of a murderous superfan

Creators: Janine Nabers and Donald Glover

Address: Donald Glover, Ibra Ake and others

Distribution: Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey, Nirine S. Brown, Billie Eilish

Country: United States of America

Duration: 35 min. approx. (7 episodes)

Year: 2023

Gender: Terror

Premiere: 17 March 2023 (First Video)

We had to wait four years between the second and third seasons of ‘Atlanta’, but only three months between the end of this groundbreaking series and its 2014 premiere. “Herd”, its sister miniseries. Biological sister: their parents Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, co-creator and screenwriter of ‘Atlanta’, respectively; They also repeat in the creative team Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori or Ibra Ake. Concept brother too: they are addressed again Issues related to race, music, fame, and most of all, fans from a disturbing point of view, without looking for easy answers or sermons, simply creating conversation, discussion, or confusion.

All generic paths crossed in ‘Atlanta’, including terror, particularly episodes like ‘Teddy Perkins’ or ‘Three slaps’ with the Michael Jackson transcript, a reenactment and rework of a suicide-murder that occurred in California in 2018. “The Herd” can be described as a transition between both parts, not just because it’s another risky attack on the mouth of fear. (in principle) in the mini-series, Dominique Herringbone (“The Deuce”) is a fan of another transcript of a pop star, in this case Beyoncé, here her name is Ni’Jah (Nirine S Brown); The title of the series, Beyoncé, the BeyHive, is short for Beyoncé and ‘beehive’, hive.

On the other hand, at the beginning of the series you can read: “This is not a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people, alive or dead, or real events is intentional”. They say this not just because they greet Bey, but because Nabers and Glovers trust the real-world rumors and true crimes and events as much as the one that inspired ‘Three slaps’. The awareness of seeing the atrocities occurring there one way or another complicates the viewer’s relationship with it. violence that becomes less and less ironic and more disturbing.

His fascination with Ni’Jah takes young Dre to strange places; this includes getting a credit card to spend the money she doesn’t have on luxury tickets for herself and her sister Marissa (perfect). Chloe Bailey, R&B duo Chloe x Halle). But a certain tragic event takes Dre into even darker corners on a journey filled with victims who agree to despise the goddess Ni’Jah.

We don’t know what Beyoncé would think of a show that turned one of her mega-fans into a serial killer. Curiously, the team includes some of their collaborators, such as the aforementioned Ake or the composer, who directed several tracks from their visual album ‘Black is king’. michael uzowuruAn important collaborator of the ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ project rosalya for more details on ‘Motomami’.

This chronicler wants to believe that the author of ‘Renaissance’, a risk lover like himself, will know how to understand how unique and deeply hypnotic this tale of obsession is. He’ll know how to simultaneously embrace his odd hue between fun, sadness, darkness, and fear at some point. Or hallucinate with a Fishback rendition that supports the series on its shoulders, a mix of rare innocence and eerie discontent; The series temporarily sinks when it disappears from the scene for a stand-alone episode in a different format. or confess billie eilish It’s great to host Dre on an unforgettable female empowerment retreat.

It is in this section of the “hippie chic” commune, the fourth of seven sections, that “Enjambre” reaches perhaps its highest level of enchantment: robert altman The psychic of the seventies is still alive. But hypnosis is more or less constant and reminds us of the importance of knowing how to associate the image with sound or its apparent absence, negative space. It’s a series to watch in the dark, the volume is very loud, and you’ll be wrapped in chills at the end of each episode.