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'Yellowjackets' and the sound of cool

2022-01-20T04:26:19.658Z


Amid an avalanche of sequels, prequels and 'reboots', the arrival of original products on the screens has become an event


“Hear the sound of cool!”

It was the irresistible slogan with which a rudimentary vacuum packer advertised itself in that glorious

Teletienda

of the early nineties, a refuge for insomniacs who first avoided it, but later sought it out, addicted to its insistent premises and the extravagance of its offer. The hypnotic Pump-N-Seal also preserved the aroma of ground coffee that kept the flour weevil at bay. To prove it, a hard-working presenter uncovered an endless number of previously

pumpansilized

containers, leaving evidence of the undisguisable telltale

pop

, the sound of freshness.

If before consuming an audiovisual product it had to be unsealed, the sound of its freshness would be as infrequent as the trill of the Curlew. The urgency of results that forces us to bet on insurance and the endemic nostalgia have caused originality to decrease. In just one month we have gone from the return of Dexter, Grissom and Carrie Bradshaw to the prequel to

The Sopranos

and the

reboot

of The

Wonder Years

.

And almost all of them come back more concerned with not upsetting anyone than with exciting someone.

In the era of cut and paste, those who bet on originality such as Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, creators of Yellowjackets

(Movistar Plus+), the impossible daughter of

Lord of the Flies

and

The Witches of Salem,

must be greeted with fifes and dulzainas .

A grunge

cocktail

of suspense, teenage hormones and black humor backed by a cast that includes 90s icons like Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci and a prodigious Melanie Lynskey who, after three decades being "the one who isn't Kate Winslet in

Celestial Creatures

", has achieved , thanks to your shauna ya shady

don't look up

, see your name in the headlines.

And for good.

The fresh and seasonal product only has advantages.

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