{"id":1233887,"date":"2016-11-05T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T17:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/?p=1233887"},"modified":"2016-11-07T07:58:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T15:58:13","slug":"top-small-screen-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/top-small-screen-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Small Screen Elections of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, who will be the next President of the United States? Will it be Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, or Jill Stein?<\/p>\n

Frankly, my dear, I don\u2019t give a damn.<\/p>\n

Well, technically, Rhett Butler might give a damn. Scarlett O\u2019Hara, too! And we might have to give a damn as well, as voting is our constitution-given right and ethical duty. But there is something a lot less stressful and more fun we can do today, while we wait to see who will place their personal paraphernalia in the Oval Office, and perhaps find the most appropriate location for the First Kitty or the First Puppy. We can talk about elections on the small screen!<\/p>\n

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We could have mentioned the shows that most frequently populate this kind of lists (Hello The West Wing<\/strong>, or House of Cards<\/strong>), but we decided instead to single out what we believe to be the very best out there. Quality over quantity, right?<\/p>\n

\"Borgen\"<\/a><\/p>\n

BORGEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

DR (Denmark) \u2013 Produced by Adam Price<\/p>\n

30 Episodes (2010-2013)<\/p>\n

One of the biggest, most pleasant surprises of this decade in the realm of international television is the emergence of Scandinavian productions, especially for what concerns the thriller genre. Shows like Forbrydelsen (The Killing)<\/strong> have become so popular and influential in the UK and US that they have led to stateside remakes \u2013 in this case, The Killing<\/strong>, which completed its fourth and final season on Netflix in 2014. But the best Danish TV series of the last 10 years is political potboiler Borgen<\/strong>, a little masterpiece whose striking realism, elegant poise and expert mix of politics, social ethics and everyday diplomacy stands out as one of the best examples the genre has to offer. Sidse Babett Knudsen of Westworld<\/strong> fame stars as leader of The Moderates party Birgitte Nyborg, loosely modeled after former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. After a scandal hits the incumbent president, Birgitte find herself as the most unlikely of prime ministers, after a closely fought election. It\u2019s from that successful gamble that she enters a veritable minefield of political and diplomatic intrigues, while at the same time having to multitask as a mother of teenagers, and as the wife of a successful entrepreneur who might or might not want to continue resting at home for the sake of the family. Punctuated by tight directing and astutely topical and yet universal writing, the series is superbly acted, and is the rare case of a successful production leaving the stage at the right moment, when the public is still applauding. If Denmark ever had to prove it had a mature, exciting television industry, there could be no better evidence than this.<\/p>\n