{"id":12744,"date":"2016-03-24T17:09:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmz.de\/badblog\/?p=12744"},"modified":"2016-03-24T17:09:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T16:09:46","slug":"everything-that-is-wrong-with-mozart-in-the-jungle-season-2-episode-3-it-all-depends-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmz.de\/badblog\/2016\/03\/24\/everything-that-is-wrong-with-mozart-in-the-jungle-season-2-episode-3-it-all-depends-on-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything that is wrong with \u201eMozart in the Jungle\u201c, Season 2, Episode 3: „It all depends on you“"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we\u2019re onto season 2 of \u201cMozart in the Jungle\u201d now! MIJ is a great show \u2013 it has perfect casting, witty scripts, great actors\u2026and screenwriters who try to unsuccessfully imagine how the classical music scene works. Actually it sometimes even adds to the fun that they don\u2019t have a clue, as we become witnesses to scenes and dialogues that would never happen in real life. Isn\u2019t that what TV is about?
\nBut as it is fun to nitpick here is a rundown of all the mistakes in season 2, episode by episode\u2026.
\n(Moritz Eggert)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Episode 3: It all depends on you<\/a><\/p>\n

1)\t0:20 \u201cin the second bar of the diminuendo\u201d is not a very precise description, as every orchestra piece contains countless diminuendos usually. Why is Rodrigo never giving bar numbers or rehearsal marks like real-life conductors? Because it would sound boring on TV, that\u2019s why\u2026<\/p>\n

2)\t1:00\u2026this is definitely not how an orchestra is going on strike. They would not even come to the rehearsal for a start, and they also would not make \u201cgee, I\u2019m not playing\u201d jokes. They would form a picket line or protest in front of management, not smoke joints and read books.<\/p>\n

3)\t1:21\u2026AND IT WAS ALL A DREAM!<\/p>\n

4)\t4:00\u2026he is shooting a video for his podcast? That must be a vidcast then. Just saying.<\/p>\n

5)\t12:05\u2026Branford is really very knowledgeable about music if he knows an orchestra oboist from times long bygone by first sight. It\u2019s even amazing that Hailey recognizes the dude. And some conductor called \u201cKlemper\u201d liked him. Does he mean Klemperer? Well, it\u2019s an old people\u2019s home after all.<\/p>\n

6)\tAnd the guy is legit! His mixing advice for a vodka martini is spot on (15:45). Stirred, not shaken.<\/p>\n

7)\tPemberton now acting as an assistant to the artistic management and phoning up conductors as a replacement is \u2026taking it a bit far. It is unrealistic enough that the guy is still lingering around the place that basically kicked him out! Does he have no pride?<\/p>\n

8)\t17:50: \u201cHe can conduct all night long!\u201d, says Pemberton. What a weird pedigree \u2013 it\u2019s not like waving a baton in the air is such hard work.<\/p>\n

9)\tIf a new conductor walks into a hall with an orchestra, and there is no rehearsal scheduled with him, he could not start the orchestra \u201clike a car\u201d, no matter how much he waved his baton around. The orchestra would simply completely ignore him. And if it\u2019s their union ruled break they wouldn\u2019t even play for Rodrigo. And come on: the guy looks like a pimp, not like a conductor!<\/p>\n

10)\tOk, there are wild conductors out there, and Rodrigo is most certainly an already exaggerated version with no resemblance to real life conductors, but this pimp guy is pushing it. Having his baby strapped to his back? Come on!<\/p>\n

11)\t19:00 And why the hell is the orchestra so creepily silent during the conversation between the 3 conductors? Either they have a break (but then they wouldn\u2019t sit idly on stage, they would smoke or drink coffee) or they have a rehearsal, but if the latter is the case they would not listen to these guys talk but instead talk among themselves. Whatever it is, the whole situation is unrealistic.<\/p>\n

12)\tAnd come to think of it: Why are they on strike for Rodrigo, but not for the pimp conductor, who just walks in?<\/p>\n

13)\t19:20: Hayley wants to surprise her boyfriend but waves the very bag which contains her present to him in front of her while walking next to him. Wouldn\u2019t that ruin the surprise a bit? <\/p>\n

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