The Killing and the Loss of Innocence: The European Long-form Dead Girl Show

Kim Toft Hansen

The Killing and the Loss of Innocence: The European Long-form Dead Girl Show

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Today, the Danish TV serial Forbrydelsen (The Killing, 2007-12) is regarded a game-changer on the European and the global TV market. Especially since the broadcast of the first season on BBC4 in 2011, the series‘ aesthetic influence has been observable in many guises across the world, including various European TV traditions. Today, several series produced for global TV institutions tap into the stylistics and narrative devices instigated in The Killing, while Nordic Noir as a stylistic expression has become one among many international aesthetic variations on the global TV market. The most conspicuous plot-device employed by producers influenced by The Killing has been 'the dead girl show‘, a trope sometimes also referred to as 'the missing children topos‘ that revolves around the investigation of missing and murdered children and teenagers (cf. Bolin 2018, Wilson 2003). This chapter outlines how The Killing has influenced European and global TV aesthetics and how the result may be regarded as a shared transcultural trend in TV storytelling.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Serial Narratives and the Unfinished Business of European Identity
Editors	Thomas Morsch
Publication date	Oct 2020
Pages	85-90
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020

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DETECt: Detecting Transcultural Identity in European Popular Crime Narratives
Hansen, K. T., Gemzøe, L. S., Landorff, L., Saunders, R. A. & Chow, P. S.
EU - Horizon 2020
01/04/2018 → 31/10/2021
Project: Research

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From Nordic Noir to Euro Noir: Nordic Noir Influencing European SVoD Serial Drama
Hansen, K. T., May 2020, Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation. Badley, L., Nestingen, A. & Seppälä, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham, Schweiz: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 275-294 (Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture).
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The Killing and the Loss of Innocence: The European Long-form Dead Girl Show

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From Nordic Noir to Euro Noir: Nordic Noir Influencing European SVoD Serial Drama

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