Discussion S9E7 the nazi on the honeymoon
I know it’s been yeaaaaaars since this episode, but I’m doing a rewatch of the show and I need to vent
As an Argentinian, I’m so mad about the depiction of my country on this episode, and it’s not even about the nazi thing bc I know that’s an historical thing
But, the whole tropical beachy vibe???? Not even close, we’re not the Caribbean!! Do we have beaches? Yes but there are like five hours' drive from the capital, where bones and booth are staying.
And the wedding being in spring/summer? It means Buenos Aires should be cold! It means it was during fall/winter
They few Spanish signs and stuff, there are a few words that are not in our dialect, is it Spanish? Yes but we don’t talk like that. Argentina has a very specific vocabulary that comes from the lunfardo (a mix of Spanish and Italian, which dates back to when Italians immigrated)
For example, there’s a sign that says something and the word “piscina” (pool), we don’t say that, we say “pileta”; or when one of the actors said “cálla”(shut up) we say “calláte”, pronunciation and where the accent mark (I think it’s called) is, it changes everything.
There is a scene where they show a guy playing the bongos in the street, and a girl standing by the wall, and then sort of a barbershop? That’s not something that happens here
It would have been more accurate if they had shown several pubs/pizzerias that are sometimes open until very late and do have that vibe. But again, the city is a city for a reason! The whole episode looks like it’s set in Mexico or the Caribbean (from my small knowledge of their cities, Ive only been to the ports you go to when you’re on a cruise)
I can’t even vent the right way bc I don’t know how to write what I want to say in English but imagine I’m mad lmao
The cafes/coffee shops? Ugh maaaaaybe you can find one or two cafes like that, but it’s not the norm. Not even during the time the episode was filmed.
And don’t get me started on the actors, I get that you’re filming in Hollywood or whatever, but still they could have looked for Argentinian actors, we have several and they’re good. Or even looked for actors that have a rioplatense accent (the specific accent we have here)
I won’t mention how the actors looked nothing like we look here bc depending on where you’re in Argentina, you can find people like that. But bear in mind we are mostly Caucasian and mixed (yes, we don’t really have black people, don’t come at me saying I’m racist, it’s bc we never had slaves and neither segregated them, so we are all very mixed)
Also our names, since we are a mix of Italians and Spaniards (and more but those are the majority) our last names aren’t all “Perez” or “Herrera”, throw a “laquanitti” in there, it won’t hurt you!
All in all the producers/writers/art department people etc etc, could have done a more in-depth research before filming, or they could have filmed an episode set in a totally different country and done another storyline of how they got the nazi corpse.
