D83- Language

• 1983 the only time the world listened to German POP
• Music unified East and West
• Just like the music this is a technicolor drama, an antidote to the didactic procedurals and melodramas more typical of German television
• 99 Luftballons- Diegetic
• Major Tom
• Contains loads of history that the audience is accessing which is very niche. However, D83 is a spy drama which opens up a much larger audience which lead to its success.
• Sundance Tv trailer focuses only on the spy element to attract audiences
• Industry is appealing to audiences via the spy genre.
• West- Capitalist
• East- Communist
• Wall went up 1961
• West Germany lent East Germany a billion deutschmarks because they were running out of money.
• Social contradictions 
• Gilroy/ Bell Hooks- The Americans- Racial diversity
• Channel 4 is very left-wing, get into the action
• Luzzolino owns Walter Presents
• Has a criteria for what is shown:
• Popular in Native country
• Must be award winning or critically acclaimed
• The finest writing, directing and acting