Is this series worth watching? Cochinas, starring Malena Alterio
'Cochinas' sparks debate: dated propaganda or transgressive comedy? Malena Alterio bares all at 50 in a series that portrays a 1998 Spain that never existed
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'Cochinas': The series that strips the myth of pogre 1998 Spain bare
In 'Cochinas', set in 1998, the women of Valladolid discover sens through porn as if they had just emerged from Franco's yoke. But those who lived through that era remember something very different: by 1998 women were already at university, in every profession, and the Ruta del Bacalao (the legendary rave circuit) was in full swing. The series not only offers full nudity — including Malena Alterio at 50-something, which some critics say arrives 15 years late — but a view of recent Spain closer to propaganda than reality.
A manipulated past: 1998 portrayed as 1978
The series depicts a Spain that, according to its detractors, never existed. Witnesses of the era point out that by 1998 sensual liberation was already well underway, and porn was not needed to discover sens. The Overton window is shifting: what is presented as transgression is actually a caricature. Some critics note that the series talks about 1998 as if Franco were still in power, when reality was quite different.
Nudity, forced inclusion and stale humor
The nudity is constant, but some critics argue that Malena Alterio's body is not the draw — the plot is. However, the cast includes porn actresses, and the series tackles topics like elderly people having sens, a dwarf woman having an abortion, and LGBT characters. The humor boils down to tits, ass, farts and piss. The series presents itself as a catalog of sensual tolerances, but to many it feels like a pogre jumble. Even the comparison with series like 'Perecid SL' leaves 'Cochinas' looking bad.
A critical hit, but what about audiences?
Some defenders call it funny, with plot twists and good performances. Others compare it unfavorably with 'Perecid SL'. The question is whether it will last more than one season, given that its transgressive premise has an expiration date. Some reduce its appeal to seeing Alterio's breasts, but most agree the series is much ado about nothing.
What nobody explains is why a series about 1998 needs to portray women as sensual repressed for the plot to work. Or maybe the answer is obvious: reality doesn't sell as well as myth.
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In 'Cochinas', set in 1998, the women of Valladolid discover sens through porn as if they had just emerged from Franco's yoke. But those who lived through that era remember something very different: by 1998 women were already at university, in every profession, and the Ruta del Bacalao (the legendary rave circuit) was in full swing. The series not only offers full nudity — including Malena Alterio at 50-something, which some critics say arrives 15 years late — but a view of recent Spain closer to propaganda than reality.
A manipulated past: 1998 portrayed as 1978
The series depicts a Spain that, according to its detractors, never existed. Witnesses of the era point out that by 1998 sensual liberation was already well underway, and porn was not needed to discover sens. The Overton window is shifting: what is presented as transgression is actually a caricature. Some critics note that the series talks about 1998 as if Franco were still in power, when reality was quite different.
Nudity, forced inclusion and stale humor
The nudity is constant, but some critics argue that Malena Alterio's body is not the draw — the plot is. However, the cast includes porn actresses, and the series tackles topics like elderly people having sens, a dwarf woman having an abortion, and LGBT characters. The humor boils down to tits, ass, farts and piss. The series presents itself as a catalog of sensual tolerances, but to many it feels like a pogre jumble. Even the comparison with series like 'Perecid SL' leaves 'Cochinas' looking bad.
A critical hit, but what about audiences?
Some defenders call it funny, with plot twists and good performances. Others compare it unfavorably with 'Perecid SL'. The question is whether it will last more than one season, given that its transgressive premise has an expiration date. Some reduce its appeal to seeing Alterio's breasts, but most agree the series is much ado about nothing.
What nobody explains is why a series about 1998 needs to portray women as sensual repressed for the plot to work. Or maybe the answer is obvious: reality doesn't sell as well as myth.
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