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American TV tends to afraid of a lot of taboos. I am Norwegian and it is always interesting to see American remakes of Nordic movies and shows. They change anyt
by socialdemocrat 5y ago
American TV tends to afraid of a lot of taboos. I am Norwegian and it is always interesting to see American remakes of Nordic movies and shows. They change anything which touches on taboo subjects. There is a great Swedish vampire movie which deals with quite a number of disturbing topics in relation to sexuality, abuse etc. The American remake did everything to avoid that any of the darker undercurrents and subjects became visible.
When American movies deal with sex it is always made into something tantalizing. Something to sell and excite. American media quickly sweep under the rug anything unpleasant.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y ago> American TV tends to afraid of a lot of taboos Broadcasters invest a lot of resources into a single production that they'll prize for a year or to, or even a decade if it's a hit - but as they've got a TV audience sized in the multiples-of-hundreds-of-millions-of-people that's also socially/politically/culturally polarized they won't take many chances with controversial material. If you ignore the (largely bland, invariably unoriginal) "mass-market" media in the US and look at smaller, local and independent broadcast media in the US (back when local TV stations were a thing) you'll see more... interesting material, but the production values aren't there which makes it harder to watch.
- finnh 5y agoLet The Right One In! The original movie was so fantastic. I assume the American remake ... wasn't. Similar story with The Vanishing. (I'm an American, fwiw)
- drstewart 5y agoCan you share some Norwegian adaptations of American shows so we can see how Norwegians change foreign taboos for their own purposes? Of course, the assumption is that Norwegians will always be 100% faithful to all source material.