The series “Menem “directed by Ariel Winograd and available in Prime Video, deliberately refuses the serious tone of a historical biopic. Instead, he proposes a look on the figure of Carlos Saúl Menem and the ’90s, which ranges between the ironic and the grotesque. Winograd prints his style with a mixture of political comedy, narrative artifice and a stop of farce, closer to fictional delirium than to rigorous reconstruction.
Leonardo Sbaraglia’s Menem does not seek to reproduce gestures or speeches with documentary precision, but to generate a charismatic synthesis that emphasizes the personal magnetism of the former president, even in the midst of corruption and chaos.
Family
“Menem “ Combine real facts with fiction elements. Among the scenes that did occur are the sequence of the Menemobile, the anticipated assumption, the eviction of Zulema Yoma, the photo of María Julia Alsogaray, and the complaint for the death of Menem Jr. On the other hand, the characters of the vedette Sandra Silvestre are invented (embodied by Virginia Gallardo, a reference to the lovers from the world of the world of the entertainment) Witch, photographer Olegario and advisors Ayala and Silverman.
The result is positive in narrative and aesthetic terms, entertain and uncomfortable, but is already questioned by simplifying or distorting sensitive facts. Within that framework, the performance of Griselda Siciliani as Zulema Yoma stands out for its depth and humanity, something that was confirmed by the former first lady, who preferred not to comment on the general approach or how his family is portrayed: “Griselda is perfect,” he said in a television interview, without validating the complete vision of the series.
Zulemita Menem, on the other hand, was more direct when criticizing fictional excesses. Although he acknowledged that the series found a “balance” between the favorable and the critic, he also stressed that “everything is very exaggerated.”
Parties
From the episode with prostitutes in olive trees to his father’s cartoon as a constant womanizer, or the alleged participation of the Yoma family in an almost mafia plot, Zulemita remarked that many of those elements did not occur and that, if he had participated in the script, he would have avoided them.
However, he valued the performance of Sbaraglia and Siciliani, praised the recreation of the campaign, and admitted to having excited himself in the scenes linked to his brother and political acts. He said Menem chose to authorize the series and that, knowing it, “he would be dying of laughter” with the stir. For Zulemita, his father, a race politician, would have enjoyed the faithful impact to his maxim: “to speak good or bad, but to speak.”
To these voices now adds that of Antonella Menemdaughter of Carlos Menem Jr., who publicly denounced that the series was filmed without consent from the true heirs. “They never consulted us or gave us access to the contract,” he said, and remarked that the use of his father’s image was carried out without authorization: he was responsible for the premiere to be judicially suspended and reegued for July 9. Menem’s inheritance, far from being just politics, remains an intimate and without closing dispute.
Also Eduardo Menem, Brother of the former president, charged against the series and described it as “made with bad milk.” He accused the filmmakers of falsifying facts and creating non -existent characters for defamatory purposes. “They want to discredit Carlos, who cannot defend himself because he is dead,” he said, while hardly questioning the script and credibility of the proposal.
Unfaithful
To this cross was added the reaction of Yuyito González, who expressed his outrage for a scene that recreates an old postcard of the 90s, in which he is shown in Menem’s skirt. Although he clarified that he did not see the full chapter, he announced that his lawyers evaluate legal actions: “I want to know if they involve or dirty improperly,” he said. Javier Milei’s ex -girlfriend denied having had a sentimental bond with the Rioja, and was worried about the fictional course of the project: “The series are that, you never know what they will come out.”
Unlike Yuyito González, who denied any sentimental bond with Menem, Graciela Alfano Yes he took publicly for his romance with the former president. The exvedette recalled intimate details of her relationship, revealed that the link lasted between six and seven months, and confessed that what attracted her most was the fantasy of “Rioja leader.” “I had fun the paraphernalia, the adrenaline of the secret encounters … Then I got bored,” he marked without surroundings.
He also joined the voices of the show Moria Casánwho contributed his unmistakable style to remember his friendship with Menem during the 1990s. Between laughs, he revealed the nickname they had to the former president: “Black Rank”, because “I didn’t let do anything in bed, it was all very gauchito.”. The One also described it as charismatic, nice and delighted with the entertainment world.
Despite the controversies, or perhaps thanks to these, the “Menem” series is a success, with positive reception among the public, which valued its provocative tone, in contrast to family and environment that fear that fiction will end up imposing itself as an official version, splashing those who still live with the echoes of that story.
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