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"Shadow and Bone" tells a routine fantasy story, but the characters in it arouse sympathy - Walla! culture

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The plot of Netflix's huge new series depicts an ordinary initiation story. At the same time, she does well to portray lovable heroes, and especially to create a connection between them that is hard not to identify with


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"Shadow and Bone" tells a routine fantasy story, but the characters in it arouse sympathy

The plot of the huge Netflix series "Netflix" describes an ordinary initiation story, and the execution is also incredibly routine and continuous with plot moves that you will see coming in advance.

At the same time, she does well to portray lovable heroes, and especially to create a connection between them that is hard not to identify with

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Friday, 23 April 2021, 00:00 Updated: 10:58

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Trailer for the series "Shadow and Bone" (Netflix)

Last Saturday, the world marked a decade for "Game of Thrones," the fantasy series that paved the way for a new era of huge television productions.

The memory of the bitter storm is still fresh in the minds of viewers, a victim of haste and the absence of the original material on which the series was based, the books of George R. R. Martin.



The television adaptation of "Shadow and Bone," which airs today (Friday) on Netflix, obviously owes a huge debt to "Game of Thrones." Like the new series, created by Eric Heiser (screenwriter of "The Bird Box" and "The Encounter"), it is an epic that dominates many countries and cultures. This time, too, it is a world that is the product of the detailed imagination of Lee Bardugo, the author of the books on which the series is based, who will require you to have his map at hand. Also in this case the production is lush and rich and impressive, here too everyone speaks in a British accent, here too there are flying creatures from horror wreaths and so on. Still, there are also a number of fundamental differences: “Shadow and Bone” originally appeals to a younger audience, teens. The element of fantasy in it is much more dominant and present on all sides. And perhaps most importantly - the first season of the television adaptation comes up when all the books in the "Grish Trilogy" have already been published.




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Familiar archetypes.

Ben Barnes, "Shadow and Bone" (Photo: Netflix / David Appleby)

The action story of "Shadow and Bone" follows Alina Starkov (Jesse Mei Lee), a young woman who serves as a map painter in military service.

As a child in the orphanage she grew up with Mal (Archie Renault), now a soldier too, who was and remains her best friend, although Alina is clearly most interested in it.

Their army is parked near the "Shadow Fold," a dark wilderness that divides East and West, and its crossing is incredibly dangerous due to monsters flying in it.

When Mal is included in the squad that is forced to cross the shadow fold, Alina attaches herself so as not to lose it.



In the world that the series describes, there are clear and separated classes: there are the expulsions, with magical abilities of various kinds, and there are all the rest. Alina's attempt to prevent Mal and her from splitting, takes an ironic turn when, while crossing the shadow fold, she discovers for herself a power she did not know existed in her. One that could change the fate of her war-torn world, but also change her own: Alina is sent to the King's Palace by the Order's Chief, the Black General (Ben Barnes, "Westworld"), where she must undergo training to optimize her abilities.



The description sounds like an ordinary initiation story, and the execution is quite similar as well.

In fact, the whole fantasy affair of "Shadow and Bone" is remarkably routine.

For the first time in her life Alina gets a room of her own, is pulled out of her anonymity, exposed to the little politics of the palace, where it is not clear who she can trust and who not.

The twists will be clear to you from the first moment, and most of the characters that come her way are familiar archetypes.

Despite this, "Shadow and Bone" provides a fluid and enjoyable viewing experience, for several reasons.

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Can trust each other.

Jesse Mae Lee and Archie Renault as Alina and Mal, "Shadow and Bone" (Photo: Netflix)

First, the world the series describes is interesting. Too many fantasy works are based on medieval Europe - and especially England. "Shadow and Bone" bases Rebecca, the land at the center of the story, specifically on Imperial Russia, including a restoration of classes, dress, technology and so on. In addition, much of the series' plot engine is based on people who hate the different. For us, the Jewish Scouts, it is difficult to detach this legacy from the bloody collective memory of riots and Cossacks. Lee Bardugo herself is a Jew who was born in Jerusalem to a father of Moroccan descent and a mother of Russian descent, before moving with her mother to the United States as a child.



Although "Shadow and Bone" does not depict a particular nation that can be voted on as an allegory for the Jewish people, the motifs throughout the first season - all eight episodes of which were sent for review - deal with xenophobia all the time.

Although deportation inhabits the centers of power in the world and is seen by all others as inferior, this has not always been the case.

Hundreds of years ago they themselves were persecuted and dispersed, until they came together and took advantage of their obvious advantages.

Even today, although deportation is the dominant class, its people and abilities are perceived as an abomination by the Firdans, the people of the land of the Northern Fjords, who try to purge the world of the presence of magic.

Alina herself is partly a member of the Xu Han nation in the south, which gives her slanted eyes and constant contempt from a variety of racists.

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One of the smart things the series did was add them.

"Shadow and Bone" (Photo: Netflix / David Appleby)

What else works in favor of "Shadow and Bone" is its protagonists.

While their adventures are not original and they themselves are not particularly deep, they are simply endearing - not least thanks to the casting.

Jesse Mae Lee bestows great personal charm on Alina's character, Renault convinces as someone who is both friendly and approachable and unattainable, both everyday and fearlessly made.

The chemistry between them occupies and adds a lot of power to the story of two friends / lovers / family members who are separated by powerful factors.



One of the smartest moves of the television adaptation is not to settle for a book after which it is named, but to weave in it also "Six Crows", another novel by Bardugo in the same world.

He originally has nothing to do with Alina and Mal, and in fact his plot takes place afterwards: a team of thieves operating in Catherine - the equivalent of Amsterdam in the golden age of the Netherlands, which is on the other side of the fold of shadow - takes on an ultra-dangerous job.

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Alternate family.

"Shadow and Bone" (Photo: Netflix / David Appleby)

In the series their mission blends in with the big story, which injects fun and action from robbery films into classic mythology about light and darkness.

Beyond that, the presence of the three characters that make up the team - serious-minded leader Kaz (Freddie Carter), athletic assassin Inge (Amita Marken) and fun-loving gunman and burglar Jasper (Kit Young) - sharpens the central idea of ​​"Shadow and Bone."

The idea that helps her overcome what is less impressive in her.

As the acquaintance with them deepens, it is evident that the three thieves are not merely temporary colleagues in the profession, but ones who have found a vital and close human connection with each other.

This is also the case with Alina and Mal - since their detached childhood, the other has been their backbone.

They share history and scars and will look for each other even if they are on different sides of the world.



This is the power of the series.

Despite the journeys and transformations of the protagonists, at its core is a story about a home, no matter where it is, and a search for a family, no matter if there is no blood relationship at all.

Even in a slightly battered setting like "Shadow and Bone", it's an emotion that's hard not to connect with.

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