All Forms of Art

I had mixed feelings about this show. It’s a good one, can’t really deny that, but, for me, it’s also a bit too slow. The first few episodes were somehow boring and I merely didn’t stop watching because I was too curious about who the killer was. I think the production team focuses mainly on giving the show a huge psychological intensity. I wouldn’t say that was a complete failure, but it did lack something. I’m a psychologist, I love criminal psychology and even I found myself bored at some points. They focused mostly on the occult side of the mind, showing the alienist far outside practical reality. Maybe it was like that in the XIX century, but it makes the show too slow, which might tire you.  After a couple episodes, I finally started to feel emerged in the XIX century atmosphere. As the events unfolded, and the empathy with some of the characters grew, I could finally start feeling as a part of the investigation group, turning the show way more interesting as a r

A big scandal and years and years of scheming taken down. Meanwhile, many people suffer while the bad guys try to hang onto their secrets and dreamy lives. This could be the synopsis of this show, but in the end, I think it’d suffice to say this is a showcase about the underlying mechanism of corruption. We all know it exists, in all places, all around the world, but watching it like this is both surprising and disgusting. The show is about money, cold hard dollars. Millions of them, actually. Dirty money that involves the government and the top companies in the country, but that is, unfortunately normal. It might not make sense for everyone, but what messed with me the most was the example they gave of the “small corruption”. It seems like nothing out of the ordinary in the beginning… but it’s everything, everywhere. The corruption is the basis, it’s a way of life.  The story has a great basis in reality, as most of us well know, and it’s good. There’s nothing m