As a netflix original, the spy drama and its kick-ass heroine, played by PearlThusi, shows the African continent in a new light.
For example, it had to be dubbed into 33 different languages and distributed across 196 countries.
“This has been much more of, ‘What do you guys want to put out? And let’s try to work collectively to sort of shape that,’” says Andersson. This allowed the team the leeway to reverse engineer the primacy of race and South Africa’s political his..tory into the narrative “We didn’t want to do a preachy thing. We thought if this story continues and we get more seasons, we’ll get deeper and deeper into the history stuff and make it more central. We wanted to give them contemporary Africa for starters.”
Whereas some geopolitical themes are credible, others, such as the Gupta-esque Greek family with access to state coffers, come across as superficial subplots, especially considering audiences who will be unfamiliar with South African affairs.unfolds in Zimbabwe, Zanzibar, Congo and Kenya. While it does well with regards to its geographical spread, the intercontinental aspect doesn’t come through.
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