Does the Divaniamo: Fantastic Beasts podcast really live up to Harry Potter?

The wizarding world struggles against the rise of a criminal who, without going too far, seems to embody the cold and ruthless spirit of Russian President Vladimir Putin: it is about Grindelwald, the cruellest and most dangerous of wizards who, after risking to spend a lifetime in prison, incredibly manages to escape justice to compete for the position of new global leader of the universe dominated by magic. In his program, in addition to the elimination of voices out of the chorus, in full harmony with terrible dictatorships such as Nazism, there is also the plan of a war against the Muggles and all the unclean who would pollute the magical race. The risk is too great to ignore, and will lead the protagonists of Fantastic Beasts to go all out to keep Grindelwald from coming to power. The question, however, remains one: will the common threat of such a fearsome enemy be the right fuse to continue to hold up a saga, that of Fantastic Beastsin fact, still very far from the success of that of Harry Potter?

The fifteenth episode of We divanthe Vanity Fair podcast hosted by Mario Manca and dedicated to cinema and TV releases, speaks precisely of the solidity of a spin-off that has only partially managed to convince the public, still too fond of the world of Hogwarts to really break up. drag from the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his worn brown leather suitcase with hundreds of very rare magical creatures inside. The saga, which sees JK Rowling working on the script and David Yates, director of the last 4 films of Harry Potterbehind the camera, tries, on his own, to attract fans thanks to a supervillain like Gellert Grindelwald – who still fails to get to the merciless cruelty of Voldemort – and a sex symbol like Jude Lawhere in the role of a younger and more immature version of Albus Dumbledore who finally admits his homosexuality by sharing his love for Grindelwald with others.