I waited to see the entire series before writing this. I wanted to give it 8 out 10, but by the last episode I dropped it to 4. Don't watch it if you want a serious biography. Watch it if you want to hear a lot of Mariachis
It could have been remotely entertaining if it was not supposed to be about Vicente Fernández I am a fan of true biography. A little bit of fiction to make it more entertaining is ok, but this is more fiction than biography. As an example of a very good biography, you have the series Pablo Escobar - El Patrón del Mal. They sticked to the true events to the point of imitating the clothing worn by the characters in real life.
In el Rey the fiction became became fantasy.
Facts: I could not find any information of el Chente being with Somoza or retained in Nicaragua, or and most of the secondary characters (aside from his family) are fictional.
Fantasy: The character of Death dressed as a Mariachi is pathetic. Absurd.
Chronology: At the beginning I did not like all the back and forward in time between child, teenager, young adult, and adult, but now I see it was a good move. I could not stand the child and teenager singing! The best acting and story is with the young adult and adult. Furthermore, I confess I fast forward most of the child and teenager parts.
But with all the poetic license the series took with more fiction than truth, I have to say the actor did a superb job capturing the essence of el Chente: The artist, loving family man, the man who overcame hardships, the icon, a kind and generous man with a heart as big as Mexico.
It could have been remotely entertaining if it was not supposed to be about Vicente Fernández I am a fan of true biography. A little bit of fiction to make it more entertaining is ok, but this is more fiction than biography. As an example of a very good biography, you have the series Pablo Escobar - El Patrón del Mal. They sticked to the true events to the point of imitating the clothing worn by the characters in real life.
In el Rey the fiction became became fantasy.
Facts: I could not find any information of el Chente being with Somoza or retained in Nicaragua, or and most of the secondary characters (aside from his family) are fictional.
Fantasy: The character of Death dressed as a Mariachi is pathetic. Absurd.
Chronology: At the beginning I did not like all the back and forward in time between child, teenager, young adult, and adult, but now I see it was a good move. I could not stand the child and teenager singing! The best acting and story is with the young adult and adult. Furthermore, I confess I fast forward most of the child and teenager parts.
But with all the poetic license the series took with more fiction than truth, I have to say the actor did a superb job capturing the essence of el Chente: The artist, loving family man, the man who overcame hardships, the icon, a kind and generous man with a heart as big as Mexico.