The 2025 adaptation takes noticeable liberties with core narrative elements, especially in casting choices and character backgrounds. It appears that identity factors such as race and gender are foregrounded over traditional design, with key characters reimagined for modern sensibilities. This may dilute the meritocratic themes and revenge arc central to the original story.

Long-standing traditions, masculinity, and religion present in Dumas’s classic seem sidelined or subverted. In our view, masculine virtues, like honor and perseverance, are downplayed in favor of contemporary reinterpretations. Elements such as family ties and faith receive far less emphasis, replaced with modern ideological messaging.

The show often presents a single worldview, with limited sincere space for dissent or complexity. Traditional characters or opposing viewpoints, when shown, are mostly portrayed in a negative light or as caricatures. Internal debate and pluralism are largely missing, leaving little room for genuine ideological diversity.