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  DEUTSCHLAND 83: CASE STUDY: 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 Find one positive aspect and one criticism of Deutschland 83 in the reviews. The reviews highlight upon the nostalgia that the show delivers due to being set in the 1980's with the music an branding of products, the reviews also focus on the great actors and actresses that are featured in the show and how they play their characters well, along with the two producers who are a married couple that wrote the screenplay for the show. The criticisms of the reviews are that the German viewers of the show did not enjoy the series due to possibly not liking the dark history of Germany Why does the second Guardian article suggest the Germans didn't like the show? Find three 'below the line' comments from either of the Guardian articles. What did

  TV: CAPITAL: MARXISM AND HEGEMONY: Task 1: Mail Online review of Capital Re-read the  Mail Online review of Capital . Why does it suggest that Capital features a left-wing ideology? By mentioning the "Muslim man whose only crime was to burn the odd Union Jack was dragged off to the cells by anti-terror police who were, naturally, bigoted and faceless," the reviewer claims that Capital is a show that supports left-wing ideologies. According to the reviewer's point of view, the anti-terror police are stereotypically portrayed as the bad guys while the Muslim man is painted as the innocent bystander. According to this perspective, police are typically portrayed as the bad guys. Choose three quotes from the review that are particularly critical of Capital and paste them into your blogpost. Do you agree with the criticisms? Why? "The only message on the cards was, "We want what you have." But that idea never fully realized." As the postcards were the pr

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  CAPITAL CASE STUDY: Read the following review and feature on  Capital : Guardian review by Sam Wollaston London Evening Standard: five things you need to know about  Capital 1) What positive points does the review pick out about Capital?  What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? The show is really good at introducing characters and the stereotypes they carry while also going against them. The adaptor and directors have done a good job of getting an entire book and fitting it into a 3-hour series. The other review focuses on the characters and how they are diverse amongst each-other and how the cast has all acted sufficiently. Although, the show does focus upon the fact of the characters being underwritten which is a big problem for an ensemble cast. The third review is much more summarised by talking about how the acting is outstanding, is based of an acclaimed novel appropriately while still being able to set it in the present day allowing the audienc