Introduction to Lupin

Introduction to Lupin

Paris

• Food
• Snails
• Baguette
• Love
• Pickpockets
• Revolution
• Street art
• Emmanuel Macron
• Louvre
• Mona Lisa
• Jewelry
• Fall of Paris
• Striking
• Eiffel Tower
• Disneyland
• Arc De Triumph
• PSG
• Horrendous driving
• Smoking
• Liberal

Hyper-reality - Post-modernism theory made by Baudrillard that warns of a world that becomes almost more real than reality, known as hyper-reality.
 
The post-modernism theory can be applied to Paris, thanks to the perception of the city people have created about it due to several forms of media. Many have not gone to Paris and do not know what it is like, yet they form their own idea of the city thanks to the things they hear about it from media sources, such as newspapers; for example, they may think it is extremely negative, when in reality it is a nice place to live. They form their own hyper-reality.

Amelie

• Neutrality
• Music
• White
• Love
• High-class
• Smoking

La Haine

• Violence
• Black and white (sadness)
• Crime
• Rough

Emily in Paris

• Fashion
• High-class
• Landmarks

Lupin

• Landmarks
• Fashion
• Diversity

Paris Syndrome can occur when the reality of Paris does not live up to the expectation of peoples hyper-real of the city, causing symptoms such as nausea and hallucinations.

Themes

Mystery / Crime
Deception
Stereotypes
Inequality
Mise-en-scene
Literary influence - Arsene Lupin
Intertextual
Colonialism - Diop's father being framed (scapegoat), Central jewel
Race - "someone like you", "where are you from"
Corruption
Marginalization of the immigrant experience

Context

Immigration / right wing politics

1. Far right parties are on the rise
    - Zero tolerance on immigration
    - Multi-culturalism has failed
    - Le Pen - far right leader
    - Lupin wants to challenge the negative stereotypes associated with immigration
    - Diop starting as a cleaner to Robin Hood figure is significant
2. Nahel Riots
    - Immigrant killed in traffic stop arrest, fanned the flames of anger in those communities
3. Issues with race and identity
    - French colonialism led to an overseas empire, particularly Africa.
    - Paul Gilroy argues that even though we no longer have colonies, the representations of these            groups are affected by that time.
    - Civilization constructs racial hierarchies and sets up binary oppositions based on nations of                otherness.

Industry Introduction

Lupin was released in January 2021 during the global pandemic when demand for home entertainment was high. The crime-thriller genre of the show offered escapism which was a distraction from the monotony of lockdown.

The drama's success in English-speaking countries, such as the USA, was partly due to it being immediately available in a dubbed version which would automatically play in English if the audience member was detected to be in an English-speaking country.



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