oaddoul
Joined Feb 2018
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The first season of Industry begins right away in an intense atmosphere, marked by competitiveness, in a world where you have to be a predator. You immediately sense that these are young climbers ready to do whatever it takes to make money. The series paints varied portraits, but ones that, deep down, are quite similar.
I'll start with the negative point before moving on to the many positives. The main flaw is this tendency to repeat the same pattern from one episode to the next, as we've seen in other series before it, such as Euphoria, Elite, or, more long ago, that series SKINS.
It's this inclination to portray characters who are completely desperate, trapped in addiction, moving from party to excess. There are also completely unnecessary sex scenes, included only to provoke, without adding anything to the main storyline. They're there to keep the attention of an audience unfortunately drawn to what is trashy, to what is "dirty." This point hurts the series, which could have been perfect without these excesses.
One very important thing about the series is its ability to develop these characters within a similar routine - because it's the same day, their workday, the same main activity of the company. So the challenge is: how do you make characters engaging in such a strict, closed setting, with particular rules? This is a challenge the series succeeds in brilliantly, because these characters have a certain fragility that we can perceive just through a look, through suggestion, through the weight the character carries behind them, and the pressure they endure day after day. We can quickly identify with these characters, especially if we are part of an entrepreneurial world or work for a multinational.
From there come the positive points, which are numerous. First, the realism of the characters and a certain honesty, whether in their sensitivity, fragility, illusions, emptiness, or cruelty. Some move through this universe like pawns, aware of their status, yet still striving to become kings and prove their place within the company. The series perfectly addresses this addiction to work, this constant tension, this universe of modern slavery, in a world still largely dominated by men. (Either we accept it or refuse)
That's why Harper, in a way, has to "become a man" - and she does, which is remarkable - while the other characters remain incomplete.
I'll start with the negative point before moving on to the many positives. The main flaw is this tendency to repeat the same pattern from one episode to the next, as we've seen in other series before it, such as Euphoria, Elite, or, more long ago, that series SKINS.
It's this inclination to portray characters who are completely desperate, trapped in addiction, moving from party to excess. There are also completely unnecessary sex scenes, included only to provoke, without adding anything to the main storyline. They're there to keep the attention of an audience unfortunately drawn to what is trashy, to what is "dirty." This point hurts the series, which could have been perfect without these excesses.
One very important thing about the series is its ability to develop these characters within a similar routine - because it's the same day, their workday, the same main activity of the company. So the challenge is: how do you make characters engaging in such a strict, closed setting, with particular rules? This is a challenge the series succeeds in brilliantly, because these characters have a certain fragility that we can perceive just through a look, through suggestion, through the weight the character carries behind them, and the pressure they endure day after day. We can quickly identify with these characters, especially if we are part of an entrepreneurial world or work for a multinational.
From there come the positive points, which are numerous. First, the realism of the characters and a certain honesty, whether in their sensitivity, fragility, illusions, emptiness, or cruelty. Some move through this universe like pawns, aware of their status, yet still striving to become kings and prove their place within the company. The series perfectly addresses this addiction to work, this constant tension, this universe of modern slavery, in a world still largely dominated by men. (Either we accept it or refuse)
That's why Harper, in a way, has to "become a man" - and she does, which is remarkable - while the other characters remain incomplete.