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. "It’s a perfect moment in a near-perfect series. Deutschland 83’s first episode of eight was the most-watched foreign-language drama in UK history." - Positive "Deutschland 83 has wowed the world – pity the Germans don’t like it" - Negative 2) Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? Deutschland 83 was designed to be the big ballsy production that restored German TV’s pride, with the marketing budget to go with it. Yet by the time the last episode was shown in Germany last December, it had shed half its starting audience, with only 1.72m viewers. The odd situation is that after decades of being seen as boring and ugly, Germany has foun