"Florida Man"...Tolerance without a Roof and Corpses Everywhere
The tolerance that the series aspires to seems almost limitless, and this is an issue that may not occur even in the most estranged society from the moral idea. The main character of the work (Mike Valentine) is a gambler who is expelled from police work and works for a gang. Despite this, his ex-wife, police investigator Iris, She still loves him and wants to return, and she also sees his betrayal with her own eyes.
The police system shown in the series "Florida Man", which is currently shown on the "Netflix" screen, can be seen as exceptional policemen, as almost all of them are involved in acts against the law, including drug trafficking, murder and robbery.
But the picture in this way will not be completely accurate, as the values that separate the good and the corrupt “similarity” to some security agencies in the world, so it may not be strange for the police to seek the help of some gangs or criminals in reality, and not in drama, to help them in their work, or that Policemen work after their retirement in smuggling and drug dealing, among them "Old Sonny", who was chief of police in a town in Florida.
Florida Man revolves around Mike Valentine (played by Edgar Ramirez), an ex-cop and gambling addict who tries to pay off his mob debt by returning to his hometown in Florida to find the gang leader's escaped girlfriend.
Valentine can't resist the temptation to find sunken Spanish treasure that his family believes is in Central Florida, so he strives to get there. While grappling with his past, his family, local authorities, and more people begin to catch wind of the potential treasure.
The main theme of the work is tolerance, and it is acceptable, but what is unacceptable in the series are those many characters that the author cast in various workspaces, to be an asset for him in future parts, and those small conflicts that do not belong to the drama of the work and do not seriously affect it, to be the beginnings of threads Dramatic in parts to come to work.
The work embodies a picture of the mutual interaction between traditional media and "social media" and dramatic creativity on the screen. The beginning came from the term "Florida Man", from the strange news headlines in which men from Florida participated.
The term has morphed into an expression of the stereotype that Florida is a state full of eccentric and unusual people, and some notable examples of Florida man headlines include: "Florida Man Arrested for Trying to Rob Bank with Spider", and "Florida Man Arrested for Trying to Trade Live Crocodile for Some Drinks" These titles may be funny, which led to the production of a comic series, but it is not devoid of blood and murder.
Florida Man - Ready recipe
The series "Florida Man" embodies the easy recipe for creating an interesting classic work that includes adventure, action and suspense, and appeals to teenagers in particular, but the viewer will discover that the work maker "Donald Todd" has dug deep into the story, to create another level of work, and follow the transformations that occurred in his characters And the deep crises that children inherit from criminal or broken families.
Despite the elements of excitement that the series is full of - represented in crimes and gang conflict - the slow pace in some dramatic spaces - despite its necessity - was its main weakness, as the series came with its seven episodes full of ambition to combine the ready-made recipe for mass action and the desire to monitor and analyze the development And the transformations of his main characters, which require deliberation and contemplation at times.
The work succeeded in following the path of social and psychological analysis, but it did not succeed dramatically in avoiding seemingly unreasonable coincidences, especially when it comes across the father and son who are mainly going to rob treasure next to a church; One of the workers in addiction programs, and in order to avoid detection, they claim to participate in the program, and there they make confessions that represent a dramatic climax and a prominent element in the development of the two personalities and reveal the secrets of their feelings towards the family and towards each other.
Florida Man - Unlimited tolerance
The tolerance that the series aspires to seems almost limitless, and this is an issue that may be unthinkable even in the most alienated society from the moral idea, starting with the main character of the work, which is “Mike Valentine”, a gambling addict who is fired from work in the police force, who does some Business on behalf of a gang of murderers and thieves.
Despite this, his ex-wife Iris (played by actress Lex Scott Davis) still loves him and wants to return to him, and she is the one who developed in her work and became an investigator, and she also sees his betrayal of her with her own eyes.
The old "Sonny" father (played by Anthony Labagaglia) is the former police chief who moved to work in the drug trade and transportation, and owns a restaurant through which he runs his criminal business. She was diagnosed with cancer and wanted to commit suicide, and he helped her because he wanted to rid her of the pain.
Patsy (played by Otmara Merrero) is Mike's sister and Sonny Valentine's daughter. She embodies the role of the meek daughter of the family and the model of innocence missing in it. She did nothing evil but kill a young man who had just survived a coma from a car accident and was framed for murder protecting her brother. And the makers of the work present her with her beautiful, kind features as a woman who is all about protecting her family from evil.
Absurd tolerance reaches its limit when Valentine's ex-wife is shot and taken to the hospital, while he hunts down his fake treasure with the mob boss and their mutual sweetheart, Dilly West (Abby Lee). trying to save him.
Abby Lee presents an unforgettable scene and a wonderful "monologue" that is almost the most beautiful of her scenes ever at work, especially when she assures him that he is the only one of all men whom she wants as a real partner, not a shepherd, not a father from whom she asks for a loan every time, and not a false friend like a leader. The murdered gang who used to meet her need for money, and despite that, Mike abandons her for his ex-wife, to assure "Daily West" that she no longer needs him or anyone else after everything is lost, treasure and love.
Florida Man - construction game
Production for Netflix has turned into something like a platform culture, and the first features of this culture are the construction and montage games. The creator of the work played in building his story in the way of presenting a key or explanatory scene for the events of each of the seven episodes of the work before showing the sequence.
The scene is presented either from the past of the heroes to explain their current behavior or from the future of the work to be interpreted in the context of the episode itself, but the presentation of scenes that are flashback (back to the past) dominated the work, and it is a new experience for the viewer in general, but it is heavy, as it looks like cubes They were lined up next to each other through a mental system that contradicts nature, which depends on the natural order of time and the passage of events.
The work loses much of its spontaneity in the viewer’s head, it appears largely fabricated, with clear fingerprints of the work maker, but it adds nothing but its presence as fingerprints, especially in light of the existence of simple creative solutions that may be able to introduce scenes belonging to the past into their natural chronological order in the work. Or put future scenes back in place.
Perhaps the motive behind this strange technique is the desire to keep the viewer sitting in front of the screen by selecting the most attractive scenes to place them at the forefront of each episode.
Despite the montage game and reformulation of the story structure away from the chronological order of its occurrence, "A Man from Florida" succeeded in attracting the viewer and making him laugh in some situations that were not intended to be comical, especially that endless tolerance for murderers and traitors.
Source: Al Jazeera
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