No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. →
On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.
It seems that the Jordanian-produced Netflix series Jinn is embroiled in that country’s culture wars—including the inevitable “insults, obscenities, and threats of rape and death” on Twitter that come with any such regressive backlash, as well as some saber-rattling by parliament.
(Netflix’s presence in the Middle East, for its part, publicly decried the “wave of bullying” and reaffirmed a position of “diversity and inclusiveness”.)
Despite all of this being reported in the U.S. a week ago, I only just learned of it tonight as I was finishing up the short, five-episode season, which I quite liked. Qutaiba Rumi (above) calls it a “mediocre teen drama” but I was drawn to its low-budget need for simplicity.
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Originally published to write.house by Bix Frankonis. Comments and replies by email are welcome.