TV Drama revision
Monday 6th June 2022
TV Drama revision
Homeland - political context:
- War on terror 2011
- Bin Laden killed May 2011 - filming of Homeland was already complete
- Narrative - search for Abu Nazir
- Western perspective
The Killing - political context:
- PSB - neutral views with a responsibility to educate the public
- Denmark, rational, civilised
- Equal rights and rights of women as a strength
The Killing - economic context:
- Denmark - financial crisis in 2007 - the killing reflects the lack of solidarity as society falls apart.
- PSB budget was so low that only one tv show per season is funded.
- Filmed in Denmark Copenhagen
Homeland - economic context:
- Showtime - big budget
- Claire Danes - famous - star pull
- Damian Lewis - famous - star pull
- Locations - Baghdad, sets to replicate global settings - cost money
- Filmed in Israel
The Killing - social and cultural context:
- women - balance between 'mum vs work' - leaves fiancee to work, sends son away and puts work first, feels the pull, reflects social reality of women roles in Denmark.
- Family is important to the Larsen's. The Larsen's are working class, family is more important.
- Sarah is middle class so family is less important, seen in the scene with her son in the car.
- Gender equality - In 2007 Denmark 8th in the world (Sweden was 1st)
- Gender equality - In 2020 Denmark was 14th in the world (Sweden was 4th)
Homeland - social and cultural context:
- In 2011 the united states was ranked 17th in the world.
- In 2020 the united states was ranked 53rd in the world.
- Gender inequality was reflected in Carrie and her characteristics - unstable, unreliable and untrustworthy.
- Family is not as important - carrie is single Brody's - falling apart
The killing
- Denmark vs Sweden rivalry - demoralises/criticies sweden
Homeland
- 9/11
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