'It's pure rock’n’roll': how Money Heist became Netflix's biggest global hit

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'It's pure rock’n’roll': how Money Heist became Netflix's biggest global hit

By Ellen E Jones

 

Money Heist (La casa de papel) on Netflix Photograph: Netflix

 

You’ve rewatched The Wire, seen every episode of Friends at least twice and are starting to wonder if this is what it feels like to “complete” Netflix.

 

But wait: there’s a world-changing, cultural juggernaut of a TV show that – while hugely popular – you may well have missed.

 

This week, Money Heist – or, to use its Spanish title, La Casa de Papel – begins another eight-episode run on Netflix, where it is the streaming giant’s most-watched non-English language show worldwide.

 

The first season of the full-throttle thriller saw its gang – all code-named after major cities and memorably clad in revolutionary-red overalls and Salvador Dalí masks – break into the Royal Mint of Spain, taking 67 people hostage and literally printing money: 2.4bn euros, to be exact.

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/02/how-money-heist-became-netflix-biggest-global-hit

[ukrules]

Haha, I'm watching episode 1 of the new season on Netflix right now.

[jaiyen]

This programme is brilliant !  Very clever with lots of twists