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In updating the story to present-day Argentina, the show brings the nation’s disastrous 1982 war with Britain over, or the Falkland Islands, into the backstory of its hero, Juan Salvo, played by
Salvo, a protective father and courageous ex-soldier who emerges to lead the group of survivors, is haunted by the rout of his comrades sent by Argentina’s dictatorship to retake the South Atlantic islands. The defeat, many of them untrained conscripts.“The conflict in Las Malvinas is not closed, it’s still a bloody wound,” Darín told The Associated Press. “It’s bringing the subject back to the table. That has moved a lot of people.”
Faced with catastrophe, the protagonists rely on their own ingenuity, and on each other, to survive.What comes through, the creators say, is the Argentine saying “atado con alambre” — roughly, “held together with wire” — used to describe the
in a nation that has suffered through decades of
“It says a lot about being Argentine — taking whatever you have at your disposal and pushing your limitations,” said Martín Oesterheld. He was referring not only to the plot but also to the production at a time whenThe Toy Association,
, has lobbied for an immediate reprieve fromthe president put on Chinese-made products. Some toy companies warn the likelihood of
increases each week the tariff remains in effect.Here’s a snapshot of the doll debate and how tariffs are impacting toys: