Forget Hollywood Superhero Flicks: Why You Should Watch Resurrection Ertugrul Instead

We’ve all seen them: Hollywood superhero blockbusters where the protagonist is a two-dimensional cardboard cutout, a shallow reflection of what makes a real hero a model of inspiration to begin with. All too reliant on presenting a spectacle to dazzle the eyes and the ears, these productions bombard us with imagery, ideas, and mediocre writing - in lieu of a fully drawn character who embodies the virtues, behavior and soul of the archetypal hero. Quite often we don’t know what we’ve been missing in these portrayals until we see one that satisfies on multiple levels. So when we come across such a champion as we have in the Turkish television show ’Dirilis: Ertugrul’ (Resurrection: Ertugrul), you know we’re going to celebrate it. In this week’s MindMatters we discuss why the epic ’Resurrection: Ertugrul’ is not only one of the most successful foreign television shows ever made - but how its protagonist, 13th-century Turkish tribal leader Ertugrul, may be taken as a hero for people of all