Mozart In The Jungle

Have you seen Mozart In The Jungle yet? If you haven't you're really missing out on a great experience. 

But how to begin describing this amazing journey? To begin with it is by far the best music related tv show I have ever seen. And this comment is definitely not related to my obsession with the original Mozart. The show is not about Mozart anyway. The story revolves around Hailey a struggling oboe player and the  new young, talented -hot- maestro of the New York Symphonie Rodrigo. Neither of them is Mozart. The whole idea of the show apperantly started from the question "Is classical music dead?" It's not! Not my humble opinion, a fact! Still in a way it's a point on question because even among my friends there are people who decide to ignore this brilliant show just because it's about classical music. 

My favorite thing about this story is how it denies the cliches and doesn't brag about how it denies them. Even when it's building up in the structure of a comedy drama mixture, it never creates unnecessary trouble for attention. The storyline advances in an unexpectedly realistic way and it doesn't bore you for a second. 

The show was created by Roman Coppola, the son of cinematic giant Francis Ford Coppola, and his cousin Jason Schwartzman. Can we call this a family business then? Schwartzman fits himself into the cast of the show as a classical music podcast celebrity and interviews the one and only Malcolm McDowell as the ex-conductor of the symphony who doesn't take being replaced by a highly attention attracting new conductor very well. This of course brings us to my newest discovery, the talented, attractive, amazing and all the other good adjectives that you can use for a man... Gael Garcia Bernal. 

Bernal is portraying the prodigy of the show, the modern day Mozart, Rodrigo De Souza. Would it be too much if I say latin perfection?  Let's create a recipe for the perfect man. Musical, funny, silly, clever, handsome and oh my god that accent... Now add the latin charmes, the taned skin and beautiful eyes; that is Rodrigo ladys and gentleman. Spoiler alert: that beautiful hair gets cut at some point. And what happens? Even more gorgeous. Unbelievable! And there is Lola Kirke as Hailey Rutledge; she's cute, nice, plays with blood blah blah whatever.

The only thing that didn't really dissapoint me but still made me a little confused was that it doesn't exactly brings what the original title suggests: Mozart In The Jungle: sex, drugs and classical music. Yes, the classical music is delivered as promised but the first two does not take a significant place in the storyline and I believe it gives the wrong impression on the show. I know that the show was adapted from a book and since I didn't read it I can't make any comment about how related the title is with the storyline in the book but in my humble opinion the show was better off without this introduction. 

On a final -musical- note, there is not much to say. It's only 10 episodes in one season and I am so looking forward to the next season. So just go watch this damn show for whatever you believe in's sake. Then come and thank me. 

And thank you for reading my humble opinion.