Hello, dear series and movie lovers. Today I am back again with a review for you. This time I will talk about a Colombian series produced by Caracol Television and co-starring singer Greeicy, is available on the Netflix platform.

Hablo de varios protagonistas, porque aunque las principales sean Karina y Antonia; las integrantes de Pura Kaye, amigas de Karina son personajes recurrentes y parte sólida de la trama, siendo personajes secundarios importantes. Ya hablaremos más de ellas luego.

I did not see drama, I saw a succession of unconnected events to which they wanted to give relevance. For example, Antonia's motivations for wanting to improve in dance, if the previous thesis had been fulfilled I think I would give her credit. But not at all, I only saw a capricious girl who wanted to be the protagonist of the Royal (academy presented by Juliet and Romeo). I don't even know how to explain what happened to her, she ends up with her obsessive ex and starts a "romance" with a criminal capable of being a part of a hitman, who also cheats on her in the final chapters. And she is the rich girl whose mother does not want to give her money to continue dancing.

El papel más sólido de toda la serie fue el de Karina interpretada por Greeicy Rondón, una cantante exitosa y bailarina colombiana. La vi como una mujer echada para adelante, que no se mete en tantos rollos, enfocada en el baile. Si comete errores en la serie como todas, pero el desarrollo de su personaje mantiene una línea. Antonia va saltando de un lado a otro, a veces ni se le entiende. Además de que vemos mucho más concentrada en el baile a Karina que a la propia Antonia, el desespero por lograr una beca hace que pierda el objetivo.

The most solid role of the whole series was that of Karina played by Greeicy Rondón, a successful Colombian singer and dancer. I saw her as a woman who is forward thinking, who doesn't get involved in so many things, focused on dancing. She does make mistakes in the series like everyone else, but the development of her character maintains a line. Antonia is jumping from one side to another, sometimes she is not even understood. In addition, we see Karina much more focused on the dance than Antonia herself, the desperation to get a scholarship makes her lose her objective.

Antonia (la niña rica) se "enamora" de Checho (interpretado por David Palacio) hermano de "Bombita" bailarina de Pura Kaye. Y Checho vende estuppefacientes, roba, y en los capítulos finales participa en sicariato. También engaña a Antonia con Ximena, bailarina de PK. Y aunque este tipo de producciones no deben examinarse bajo estándares morales de la vida real es super difícil no hacerlo ya que hay demasiados puntos sensibles representados débilmente y sin orden.

Es así como vemos que lo que la producción quiso hablar: drogas, alcohol, dinero, pobreza, ambición, y demás temas que servirían como "crítica social" se convierten solo en tópicos referenciales, no fueron planteados adecuadamente para ser crítica.

There is a fine line between achieving social criticism through the media and applauding it. What happened for example with Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal, which is also from Caracol TV, who want to put -most of the time- the criminal theme but end up in a certain way "glorifying it" this was one of my main conflicts with the series of course this goes hand in hand with the stereotype theme.
Antonia (the rich girl) "falls in love" with Checho (played by David Palacio) brother of "Bombita" Pura Kaye's dancer. And Checho sells stupendous drugs, steals, and in the final chapters participates in sicariato. He also cheats on Antonia with Ximena, PK's dancer. And although this type of productions should not be examined under real life moral standards, it is super difficult not to do so since there are too many sensitive points represented weakly and without order.
This is how we see that what the production wanted to talk about: drugs, alcohol, money, poverty, ambition, and other topics that would serve as "social criticism" become only referential topics, they were not adequately raised to be critical.

I personally don't like the image editing where you see the sweaty Latinos, as if they were just a reggaeton video, which is what they wanted to do in the series. It follows a little bit the style of Honey with Jessica Alba, the color is super important because it makes the brown colors much more noticeable, plus it's very urban. But I don't like it.

Ahora, es inevitable hablar de la estética a la que le pusieron mucho empeño sobretodo con el personaje de Ximena, una de las bailarinas de Pura Kaye. Su papel creo que fue bien representado, es la mala amiga de las buenas, pero que acorralada por la vida y el rencor siempre suelta veneno.

Now, it is inevitable to talk about the aesthetics to which they put a lot of effort, especially with the character of Ximena, one of Pura Kaye's dancers. I think her role was well represented, she is the bad friend of the good ones, but cornered by life and rancor, she always releases venom.

Los colores neones, los delineados, el vestuario, las pelucas hacen parte de la estética. Pero a mí no me gustó, no es algo que vaya a admirar tipo Euphoria porque el nivel de calidad de imagen no se le compara y porque en esta última serie sí es un recurso narrativo. Mientras que en Ritmo Salvaje creo que lo han utilizado para llamar la atención del público juvenil, no sé está en tendencia utilizar estos estilos.

The neon colors, the outlines, the costumes, the wigs are part of the aesthetics. But I didn't like it, it's not something I'm going to admire like Euphoria because the level of image quality doesn't compare and because in the latter series it is a narrative resource. While in Ritmo Salvaje I think they have used it to attract the attention of young audiences, I don't know if it is a trend to use these styles.