I just found this out and I am so excited I am grinning from ear to ear.
NBC acquires comedy 'Welcome to Sweden'
I mean it is a combination of some of my favorite things: Nordic countries and culture, good humour, cross-cultural communication and international cooperation. The series will be shot in New York, Los Angeles and Sweden and will be based on Greg Poehler's real life experience of falling in love with a Swedish woman and moving to Sweden. The cast and crew will be both American and Swedish.
I am honestly very excited about this - it'll be so interesting to see how they will work out the dynamics of the show and how the cross-cultural communication and adjusting will go. And it'll be interesting to see how Sweden and Swedish culture will be represented - the language, the health care, the literature, the beautiful countryside and everything else. And of course, they're gonna have to poke in some other Nordic references as well. I am also looking forward to seeing how they will deal with the main character's cultural adjustment to Swedish society. I have a feeling it'll be a blast.
But most of all, I am more than excited to see how the cooperation between the American and Swedish producers, actors, cast and crew will go. I think it'll create a very interesting and creative dynamic. I am all in for international cooperation and I got a feeling this production will be in good hands. TV is a very creative medium and so much is happening in the TV world right now, on both sides of the Atlantic. Nordic TV industry is booming at the moment. It seems that TV shows can get very narcissistic and focused on their own cultural area. So this will provide some great creative opportunity and bring together two very different but equally invigorating TV worlds.
I am well aware off that this can go wrong. Believe me, I have enough distrust as it is towards anything Hollywood attempts to recreate that is European in origin. In fact I distrust anything that includes remotely European elements when it is in the hands of Hollywood. Yes, I am the cynical European but honestly, generally those things go down the drain. The vast amount of historical and cultural inaccuracies, cultural approbation and what not that have the potential of being made.
However I believe this will be different. It will be based on cooperation between two countries and will be based on real-life experience. So I am feeling quite optimistic about it. One can never get enough of good humour and all and anything Nordic.
So I am looking forward to seeing how this will develop! So consider it 'TV matters and me' approved by a highly egotistical and overly proud Nordic.
PS. - I'll be waiting eagerly for the day they introduce Eurovision and Abba - two of Sweden's favorite things.
NBC acquires comedy 'Welcome to Sweden'
I mean it is a combination of some of my favorite things: Nordic countries and culture, good humour, cross-cultural communication and international cooperation. The series will be shot in New York, Los Angeles and Sweden and will be based on Greg Poehler's real life experience of falling in love with a Swedish woman and moving to Sweden. The cast and crew will be both American and Swedish.
I am honestly very excited about this - it'll be so interesting to see how they will work out the dynamics of the show and how the cross-cultural communication and adjusting will go. And it'll be interesting to see how Sweden and Swedish culture will be represented - the language, the health care, the literature, the beautiful countryside and everything else. And of course, they're gonna have to poke in some other Nordic references as well. I am also looking forward to seeing how they will deal with the main character's cultural adjustment to Swedish society. I have a feeling it'll be a blast.
But most of all, I am more than excited to see how the cooperation between the American and Swedish producers, actors, cast and crew will go. I think it'll create a very interesting and creative dynamic. I am all in for international cooperation and I got a feeling this production will be in good hands. TV is a very creative medium and so much is happening in the TV world right now, on both sides of the Atlantic. Nordic TV industry is booming at the moment. It seems that TV shows can get very narcissistic and focused on their own cultural area. So this will provide some great creative opportunity and bring together two very different but equally invigorating TV worlds.
I am well aware off that this can go wrong. Believe me, I have enough distrust as it is towards anything Hollywood attempts to recreate that is European in origin. In fact I distrust anything that includes remotely European elements when it is in the hands of Hollywood. Yes, I am the cynical European but honestly, generally those things go down the drain. The vast amount of historical and cultural inaccuracies, cultural approbation and what not that have the potential of being made.
However I believe this will be different. It will be based on cooperation between two countries and will be based on real-life experience. So I am feeling quite optimistic about it. One can never get enough of good humour and all and anything Nordic.
So I am looking forward to seeing how this will develop! So consider it 'TV matters and me' approved by a highly egotistical and overly proud Nordic.
PS. - I'll be waiting eagerly for the day they introduce Eurovision and Abba - two of Sweden's favorite things.
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