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The Best Political TV Show You Aren't Watching

The Best Political TV Show You Aren't Watching

Time for the high drama of the Danish premiership

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Danielle Kurtzleben
Apr 09, 2021
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Our fearless, stylish-but-not-intimidatingly-so Lady Leader debates her rivals before the shit really hits the fan. (Credit: a screenshot from Netflix.)

I have tried all of the political TV shows and had until recently come to the conclusion that political TV shows are not for me.

“Veep”? My weak constitution can’t handle cringe humor.

“West Wing”? Too saccharine, too didactic, too….too everything.

“Parks and Rec”?1 I’ve TRIED, OKAY?2 It’s fine! It’s fine? It’s fine.

But my dear reader, the pandemic and its ample depressed-stupor-TV-viewing-time has turned this around for me. Get your ass on that couch, turn on the subtitles, and allow me to introduce you all to the world of Danish parliamentary democracy.

Get on Netflix and click on “Borgen.”

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