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Review - Nobody's looking (Ninguém Tá Olhando)

I’d realized before that there are a couple of good Brazilian shows on Netflix , but due to time constraints, I had never been able to watch any of them. Recently, I give it a try with  Nobody’s Looking , or in its original Ninguém Tá Olhando , and I loved it. The story is about Uli, a rebel angel (or Angelus, in the shows’ terminology), recently born and… full of questions. He is not happy with the explanations provided by the system and keeps digging around. Not satisfied with being the [only] black sheep, he leads other characters to question and take forbidden actions. Nobody’s Looking is an irreverent comedy, exploring the way we fight so hard to keep the status quo , even when it makes no sense at all.  I especially liked the internationality of most of the jokes and funny moments. Sure some moments are more fun to a Brazilian viewer, but most of them are easily (and more important, funnily) translated. Questioning Since the first episode, we...