Deutschland 83: case study blog tasks
Introduction: Reviews and features Read the following reviews and features on Deutschland 83 : The Guardian - Your next box set: Deutschland 83 The Guardian - Deutschland 83 Pity the Germans don't like it 1) Find one positive aspect and one criticism of Deutschland 83 in the reviews. "Deutschland 83’s first episode was the most-watched foreign-language drama in UK history . The main cast also created an irresistible export: a funky exercise in pop nostalgia underpinned by actual events." 2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? The odd situation is that after decades of being seen as boring and ugly, Germany has found a way of making people abroad think it is cool and sexy – yet Germans don’t like it. I think I see why. By focusing the story around Martin Rauch, a young East German border guard going undercover in the west, it doesn’t just make the viewer empathise with a Stasi agent on a human level – in the way The...