D is for Drama (A-Z Meme)

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I have just finished watching the Scandinavian Crime Drama “The Bridge”

I wish I could write stuff like that, and that’s the truth. I don’t know what it is about English and American dramas – although English dramas do tend (as a generalisation) to be a little more gritty than American ones—but we certainly play it a lot safer than the Swedes and the Danes and such. We can relax a little over here, knowing that its very very unlikely that the writers are going to kill off a trainload of children, or worry that the main protagonist is going to make it, or that good will triumph in the end.

( read more but there are many spoilers here, so beware )