I'm much too old for this show, but I loved it anyway.

RisePoseidon

I think many of these reviews are too harsh, and giving the show deeper analysis than it warrants. Remember it's for young kids. They aren't familiar with the old clichés. And 8 year old girls aren't concerned with how the characters finance their tuition.

Other criticisms are mostly about the amount of lying the characters do. Yes, they do, but the show also illustrates the consequences of lying; the further problems it causes. And the amount of eavesdropping in the show is comical, it got quite funny after a while just how often it hapens. And the acting, sure a lot of it is over the top, but show me a children's comedy/drama that isn't like that. Kids don't want subtle nuance.

My positives are that the show was an absolute delight. It's very cute & sweet, and it was fun watching the progression of the characters' songs, from writing to rehearsing to performing. I really loved that they used real footage from the Violetta live tour for the YouMix tour within the show.

It was a pleasure to watch the progress of the kids. Watching them grow up over the 3 years, seeing their changing clothing, hair & makeup styles. And seeing their performance ability improve. Especially seeing Leon go from bad boy who I didn't like at the start turn around and become a charming and pleasant love interest (eventually) for Violetta.

Negatives: some of the characters were just awful, like Milton. He seemed unnecessarily evil, then just vanished without really doing anything significant. Tomas, Braco, and Napo disappeared after season 1 without any explanation. And the whole Roxy/Jeremiah disguise situations were ridiculous, but hey, there were 240 episodes, you're bound to get some storylines that aren't so good.
I never liked Diego at all, but the bond between him and Gregorio in season 3 was lovely. Also, Antonio being killed off was just bizarre, especially for a young kids' show. If he had to be written out for some reason, ok, but why did he have to die?? I imagine it would've been upsetting for younger viewers.

In summary, it could certainly have been better, but there is plenty to like.

PS
Just a sidenote, one of the other reviews says we don't find out how old Violetta is. In episode 7 it's stated that she's seventeen.

score 8/10

RisePoseidon 1 December 2018

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