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A Review - The Law According to Lidia Poët The Law According To Lidia Poët is worth the watch. It is well written. The plots, themes, and dialogue of each episode are worthy of literature. Its plots are intriguing, captivating, and fulfilling with just the right amount of depth to prevent them from being cheap who-done-its. The themes remind the viewers that not much has changed in society from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. Women were fighting for equality as they are now. Poverty and wealth define education, health, and the dalliances of intellectualism. The dialogue is serious, whimsical, and comedic advancing the depth of the characters and their relationships with each other. As a cinematic adventure, it is eye candy with stunning scenery, amazing architecture, beautifully appointed interiors, historic details, exquisite clothing, and charming well-groomed actors. I am in no way attracted to fashion; however, I am truly impressed with the texture, hues, patterns,
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                                                            A Review of Maestro in Blue Maestro in Blue is currently topping the charts on Netflix. It is the first of what promises to be more gems produced for Greek television making its way to Netflix. On the surface, Maestro in Blue is a story of a musician brought to a small Island village to reinvigorate the soul of its people during the waning days of COVID with music. His job is to organize and produce a multi-day all-island music festival. The goal is to feature local talent as the air is filled with music, the thoughts of the soul, from every generation. It is a drama that explores the human condition of relationships through multiple generations. The characters alone and in relation to each other grapple with love, regret, longing, remorse, greed, corruption, violence, morality, and family dynamics. It explores the themes of classic Greek tragedies ingrained in the culture since the 5th century BCE. It is set on the island of