"La Casa de Papel" (aka "Money Heist") started off third in Netflix yesterday, but do not worry because this article does not contain spoilers. There is one thing that has been consistent since the first season is exactly the red suits and masks with Salvador Dalí, with which the robbers first entered The Royal Mint in Spain. What may seem like a random choice is actually a symbolic one.
As Professor says in one of the third season series, their masking is a symbol of "resistance, indignation and skepticism" for the "system".
Masquerade of Salvador Dalí
When the Spanish artist was alive, many of his work was created during the Dadaism movement that took place in the late twentieth century and necessarily required the rejection of modern capitalist society. His philosophy is consistent with that of La Casa de Papel robbers.
The red dress
Apart from the fact that it helps with disguise from head to toe, red dressing is a way of representing them. The symbol of love, death and even resistance, during many revolutions such as France in the 1700s and Cuba in the 1950s, red color was used as a symbol of freedom.
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Source: Google Arts & Culture Center and The Oprah Magazine
