La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)

[Drunk Monk]

Tara is a fan of this Spanish telenovela-esque heist series.  She watches it in Spanish and says it helps her keep her understanding up.  I wasn't really into it until Europe, particularly France and Italy, where it is wildly popular.  It's got this Dali angle - they all wear these surreal Dali masks - and that image is everywhere there now - billboards, buses, gazettes - inescapable.  So I've been watching it in English with English subtitles - which don't match at all.  It's an absurd plot - some criminals take over the Spanish mint with dozens of hostages.  Their plan is to print unmarked bills.  There's a criminal mastermind - the Professor - who has planned out every step in this soap opera chess game against the law.  I'm a bit amazed that they can milk this for two seasons.  Apparently it's the most popular non-English series on Netflix now - Netflix actually expanded it, converting the original 9 S1 & 6 S2 eps into 13 & 9 (they do this by long 'previously' intros which go nearly 10 mins with opening credits.  I don't particularly recommend this but it's reminding me of Europe and my kid.  

I want one of those Dali masks.