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Eva har startet p\u00e5 videreg\u00e5ende. <\/b>(Eva has started at High School.) Hun har ei mor som aldri er hjemme, og kj\u00e6resten Jonas, som hun er veldig glad i.<\/b> (She\u2019s got a mother who\u2019s never at home, and her boyfriend Jonas, whom she loves very much.) Men hun har ikke s\u00e5 mange venninner. <\/b>(But she hasn\u2019t got so many friends.) Da m\u00f8ter hun Noora, Chris, Sana og Vilde\u2026<\/b> (Then she meets Noora, Chris, Sana and Vilde\u2026)<\/p>\n
Yes, I know it\u2019s a little late to blog about a norsk tv-serie<\/b> that first aired on the channel NRK <\/b>in September 2015, but SKAM <\/b>(Shame) has been so tremendously popular that it\u2019s time to say bedre sent enn aldri<\/b> (better late than never)\u2026 There\u2019s been three seasons now, and the series\u00a0has an enormous following in Norge<\/b> \u2013 and even the neighbouring countries!<\/p>\n
So, what is it all about? Basically, it\u2019s a story about ungdommer<\/b> (young people) aged 16-18 or so. They fall in love, they get jealous and drunk, they fight and help each other. Veldig mange mennesker kjenner seg igjen i scenene. <\/b>(A lot of people recognize themselves in the scenes.)<\/p>\n
Some fans say that Skam is more realistisk<\/b> than American High School dramas. It\u2019s not a \u201dHollywood dream\u201d, but also shows all the struggles and the pain of the persons, who are all very complex and \u201dreal\u201d. Norwegian television even has created fake social media accounts for Eva, Noora and the others. That\u2019s helped a lot of people connect with the fictive persons and feel close to them.<\/p>\n
For readers of this blog I guess it\u2019s fun to see all the Norwegian kultur<\/b> that\u2019s part of Skam. Eva og vennene hennes <\/b>(Eva and her friends) have p\u00e5skeferie og juleavslutning<\/b> (Easter holiday and Christmas end-of-term-celebration). They party p\u00e5 hytta<\/b> (in the cabin), and they spend a lot of time preparing themselves for russetida<\/b><\/a> \u2013 the long celebrations at the end of the three years of videreg\u00e5ende<\/b> school. Actually, the five girls\u00a0 <\/span>team up to save money for a russebuss<\/b> \u2013 a special bus driven at the russ<\/b> celebrations.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to have a look into how\u00a0being a teenager sometimes feels like\u00a0in modern Norway, here\u2019s a link<\/a> to the first episode with English subtitles. A warning to people who come from \u201dcareful\u201d cultures: There\u2019s a lot of rawness and direct talk, for example about sexuality and drugs. But don\u2019t take it too serious, either. As the Skam persons sometimes say: Ha litt humor, da!<\/b> (Have some humour, then!) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eva har startet p\u00e5 videreg\u00e5ende. (Eva has started at High School.) Hun har ei mor som aldri er hjemme, og kj\u00e6resten Jonas, som hun er veldig glad i. (She\u2019s got a mother who\u2019s never at home, and her boyfriend Jonas, whom she loves very much.) Men hun har ikke s\u00e5 mange venninner. (But she hasn\u2019t…<\/p>\n