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This series is easy to ignore, but it's one of the most amazing things about Netflix
With a plot that feels like the Wizard of Oz on mushrooms, intricate characters and also fart jokes of giraffes - "The World of Centaurs" is one of the most angular works to be found on Netflix.
Whether you see it with the kids or after a good joint, the main thing is that you see it
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Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 00:00 Updated: 00:20
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Trailer for the "Centaur World" series (Netflix)
Imagine a TV series that is deep and full of layers, starring, among others, Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby from "How I Met Your Mother"), Renee Elise Goldsbury ("Girls Forever", "Eli Parallel", "The Good Wife", and especially Angelica From "Hamilton"), Leah Salonga (Jasmine in Disney's "Aladdin" and "Mulan"), Fred Armisen ("Saturday Night Live" and "Portlandia"), Chris Diamantopoulos (Russ from "Silicon Valley"), David G. And Hansen (the legendary New York Dolls lead singer), pop singer Johnny Colum, Adwala Akinouaia-Agbaja (Mr. Eco from "Lost" and Advice from "Oz"), YouTube star Palola Burg and also Tony Hale (Buster from "Family in Disorder" "And Gary from" Whip ") in the role of a giraffe.
Now stop imagining, and get to know one of the weirdest series in Netflix's never-ending library, which most of you may have missed - and it's a shame.
"Centaurworld" is called this hallucinatory wonder, which hides for many in the category of children's animated series.
Although the series is set for ages 7 and up, and it even has an excellent dubbed version in Hebrew, it is best not to miss it quickly as "another dumb cartoon series for children."
It's enough to see the first episode of the series, which aired late last month at the service of the streaming giant, to understand that there is something different here.
The series opens in a dark world, with a brave warrior who is at war with demonic and animalistic evil forces.
The atmosphere is medieval.
The animation is a combination of manga and old DC comic books.
Then comes the twist.
During a bloody battle, the warrior's formidable war mare sacrifices her life for her.
This is a very dark start to a children's series.
But what a start.
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The world of centaurs (Photo: official website, Netflix)
At this point we discover that the mare is not dead, only coming to a parallel world. The animation changes drastically. It is difficult to define the visuals that color the screen. Suddenly we're in a children's cartoon, with touches of "Rick and Morty," "The Simpsons" and a bit of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Like Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy in Oz or the two New York doctors who find themselves in "Megiddo" in Apple TV's wonderful musical. The mare herself is still painted in a realistic way, with straight and gray lines, in a complete contrast to the round and soft lines of the other characters.
Our main protagonist finds herself in "The Centaur World," which visually looks like a psychedelic trip caused by an acid overdose, and makes about the same sense. Oh, and every now and then the characters start to sing - and they do it well (makes sense, among the dubbers revolve a double-digit number of Tony and Grammy awards).
Traditionally in the genre, as in other stories about moving between worlds, this time too the mare (simply called "mare") must go through a physical and spiritual journey, during which she will have to deal with her demons, and eventually face a powerful entity that will help her, or prevent her, from returning Home.
The resemblance to "Wizard of Oz" is especially noticeable, when the mare embarks on a journey for the rainbow in the cloud (just like Dorothy and through the yellow stones), accompanied by a group of freaks (instead of a straw man and a tin man there is a giraffe and a zebra), in order to meet a shaman "magician").
In short, the magician from the land of Oz on mushrooms.
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The journey for the rainbow in the cloud towards the shaman, reminds you of something?
The world of centaurs (Photo: official website, Netflix)
After the initial shock in which the mare discovers she can talk, she meets the herd of centaurs who will accompany her during her journey back to Kansas. Sorry, for the weird medieval-style war that for some reason she wants to go back to. The centaurs created by the series' creator Megan Nicole Dong (who is responsible for the character design, scriptwriting and even gave the voice to Glendale, the funniest character in the series) are not similar to the gnarled creatures known from Greek mythology. These are grotesque, rather annoying creatures, with unique and not necessarily effective magic powers.
Once you manage to overcome the initial shock, you discover a series with a lot of heart and depth, just like its characters. In fact, on second viewing (I saw the series once again with my 5-year-old daughter dubbed into Hebrew, which was surprisingly good, including an excellent musical number by Shirley Lilo that did not fall short of the original) I realized how much this "shock" helps build the relationship between viewers and the series. The children will laugh from the empty space in the womb of Glendale, half a woman-half a giraffe (there is such an animal, Google it). They will laugh because Glendale is funny, and the kleptomania she suffers from is not harmful to anyone, and even helps her friends. But the adult viewers will understand the distress she is in, the mental lack she is trying to fill. That does not mean they will not laugh, but it will be a laugh of sympathy.
The ten episodes of the series have better and less good moments, but it reaches the end of the season when it finds an impressive balance between the silly, the hallucinatory and the deep.
The series does this without using Disney-style manipulations, which is quite impressive.
The characters, some of whom were unbearable at the start of the season, have somehow managed to settle down to viewers at heart, and now it’s hard not to want more of them.
One can only hope that Netflix will be educated to order another season of this disturbing and wonderful work, now it only remains that people will know that it exists and watch it.
Better with a joint, or with something stronger, like small children.
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The world of centaurs (Photo: official website, Netflix)
In small
Maybe it's the great freedom that made Netflix's algorithm particularly infantile (in a good way) in the last month, but it was hard to miss that "The Rattlesnake" was in second place in Netflix's Israeli top 10 until two days ago, right after "hit and run" fortified in first place.
The favorite movie is not only recommended for fans of the cartoon series from Nicolodion, and is actually also suitable for those who have not watched one of the frames in the series because it stands on its own.
Do not look for complex layers or depth here, but only an hour and a half of fun, as the Laud family embarks on a journey to search for their roots in Scotland.
With a lot of positive messages about family, cooperation and the importance of self-worth, this is a highly recommended viewing for parents of children of all ages (even in this case, Netflix provided the tiny viewers with optional Hebrew dubbing).
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