1670
In this satirical comedy, a zany nobleman contends with family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become the most famous person in Poland.
Wokeness: 20%
Overall Score: 80%
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JustEntertainment
Starts out okay, but goes LGBT Pedo
A Polish mockumentary in the style of The Office, very well dubbed on Netflix. It’s about European history, so there is pretty much no weird forced diversity casting. There is a “woke” character in the story, and for a while it’s funny because she’s the butt of jokes. But then towards the middle everyone turns out gay, and lesbo scenes take over what seemed like an interesting story. I couldn’t watch to the end after that.
Created: 12-20-2023
Michaels
6/5
1670 is like Lady Ballers, if it were set in a small Polish village in 1670. It is an attack on everything woke. It ridicules global warming, equity parades, cultural appropriation, etc. by showing how absurd these concepts are when superimposed on the Baroque period.
1670 is also like The Great (set in Tsarist Russia), if that show had been anti-woke instead of woke... and if it had been set in a muddy village instead of an awe-inspiring palace. Both are comedies based around mixing modern concepts into old times. They also both darkly joke about the brutality of those times.
As noted by the earlier reviewer, there are indeed three lesbian scenes (same two women). These scenes are not graphic, and I believe they are done purely for laughs, 1980's comedy style. In any case, there are the hundreds of anti-woke jabs in the rest of the series, and I refuse to penalize it with a woke point.
There are no other homosexuality references and there are absolutely no pedophilia references.
The series is hilarious, even though I'm sure a lot gets lost in translation of language and culture. For example, at one point the men compare the size of their "danglers", referring to tassels. In Polish, the word for "tassel" is "kutas", which also means "dick". So, they did a good job of trying to save the joke, but I am sure it is funnier to Poles. I watched with subtitles, by the way.
There are also jokes about Jews. For example, at one point a Jew excitedly exclaims, "Ooh! This is my first conspiracy!", LOL. These jokes are done in good taste in my opinion, but nevertheless would have been met by a lifetime ban from Hollywood if made there.
It's shocking to me that Netflix produced this ridiculously great anti-woke show in 2023. Has Netflix seen the light or are they just playing to the based Polish audience here?
Created: 02-02-2024
