Inima de Țigan is a fascinating failure. It tries to center Roma lives in a mainstream Romanian production but falls back on the same stereotypes it claims to subvert. As a soap opera, it works – the drama is addictive, the villains are hateable, and the cliffhangers land. As a cultural document, it is deeply problematic. The show had an opportunity to challenge anti-Roma prejudice in Romania; instead, it reinforces the idea that Roma are prisoners of their own “backward” traditions. Watch it for the melodrama, but keep a critical eye open. And please, use the original Romanian audio with subtitles – the dubbing destroys any remaining authenticity.

If you want a more responsible Roma story on screen, seek out Aferim! (2015, dir. Radu Jude) or the documentary The World According to Ion B. But if you want guilty pleasure with a side of cultural controversy, Inima de Țigan delivers.

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  1. Inima De Tigan — Netflix

    Inima de Țigan is a fascinating failure. It tries to center Roma lives in a mainstream Romanian production but falls back on the same stereotypes it claims to subvert. As a soap opera, it works – the drama is addictive, the villains are hateable, and the cliffhangers land. As a cultural document, it is deeply problematic. The show had an opportunity to challenge anti-Roma prejudice in Romania; instead, it reinforces the idea that Roma are prisoners of their own “backward” traditions. Watch it for the melodrama, but keep a critical eye open. And please, use the original Romanian audio with subtitles – the dubbing destroys any remaining authenticity.

    If you want a more responsible Roma story on screen, seek out Aferim! (2015, dir. Radu Jude) or the documentary The World According to Ion B. But if you want guilty pleasure with a side of cultural controversy, Inima de Țigan delivers. inima de tigan netflix

    • This could have to do with the pathing policy as well. The default SATP rule is likely going to be using MRU (most recently used) pathing policy for new devices, which only uses one of the available paths. Ideally they would be using Round Robin, which has an IOPs limit setting. That setting is 1000 by default I believe (would need to double check that), meaning that it sends 1000 IOPs down path 1, then 1000 IOPs down path 2, etc. That’s why the pathing policy could be at play.

      To your question, having one path down is causing this logging to occur. Yes, it’s total possible if that path that went down is using MRU or RR with an IOPs limit of 1000, that when it goes down you’ll hit that 16 second HB timeout before nmp switches over to the next path.

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