After cumming like a dwarf with Atlantaone of the best series of recent years and one of the most personal projects in the catalog of Disney+ in Spain, I had high expectations with Swarmthe news of Donald Glover For First video. However, I ended up being deeply perplexed after discovering that Swarm It’s such a different series, because it’s hard to watch (and even harder to enjoy).
First of all, I’m very grateful that Donald Glover have registered Dominique Fishback As the lead actress, because I think the role would have gone to someone else, Swarm would border on suspense. If anything makes this dark comedy great, it’s precisely this young star’s portrayal. In part, he has the creator and screenwriter to thank for shaping such a complex and unique character, which allows him to shine like never before.
As for Swarm, I’m very sure it will be a series that divides viewersto a far greater extent than has already happened with Atlanta. And in this review, I’ll tell you why. Swarm (its title in English) It intrigued me and entrapped me in equal measure..
Dominique Fishback from True Horror
Did I mention that Swarm is actually a black comedy? Well, the interpretation of Dominique Fishback She gives real terror bringing to life a character on the edge of the abyss, with looks and silences that cause fear and sadness, at the same time they take you by the hand through the madness of this broken young woman inside.
Drthe young woman she plays Dominique Fishback, she’s seriously obsessed with the world’s biggest pop star (fuck me right now if the singer isn’t inspired by Beyoncé). Music is the only thing that keeps her alive, as her teenage years were not easy with a mother who, at best, ignored her. But the most problematic is that Dre is not well psychologicallyand it is here that the interpreter risked everything to give life to a young woman destroyed by the damage. He’s believable, he’s scary and you never know what he’s capable of..
Parody, black comedy or psychological horror series?
The great achievement of the screenplay by Donald Glover, Karen Joseph Adcock, Janine Nabers and Malia Obama is to tackle different genres, without really going into any of them. If you do it in any it’s probably in black comedybut sometimes Swarm turns into a whodunnit psychological with overtones of terror (and enough explicit violence) that other directors already wanted. And at the same time, as it is comedy, it falls into constant parody. Especially with the constant arrival of cameosone after the other, embodied by characters like Byron Bowers, Rory Culkin oh Paris-Jackson.
This success of which I spoke to you, becomes at the same time its greatest failure: the script is written by so many hands, that it gives the feeling that the story to be told has fallen through. Yes, the character Dr It’s strong enough to sustain the whole series, but at times I miss a clear thread beyond parody, satire, and terror.
Swarm wants to provoke, but… can he succeed?
Swarm is a truly provocative seriesa black comedy more dramatic than many dramas and a constant parody whose protagonist is on the edge of the abyss. Donald Glover and his crew don’t skimp on explicit violence and constant sex scenes that add next to nothing to the story, none in much of the first season. However, Dominique Fishback and an exceptional technical section save this series from burning. Therefore, I am puzzled and trapped in equal parts, without knowing yet if I want to continue enjoying it or turn off the computer.