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Why the #EurovisionMovie
is worth watching: A thread.
1. More Americans should be into Eurovision. Come on. A huge game show with geopolitical undertones, a super complicated voting system, sparkles and fire?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6Co-nd0lM …
2. Will Ferrell is apparently a Eurovision superfan who has been trying to make this movie for decades. https://www.vox.com/culture/21294429/eurovision-review-interview-will-ferrell-rachel-mcadams-netflix …pic.twitter.com/uz3nRcxTtY
3. Ferrell and Rachel McAdams star as the Icelandic contestants, Fire Saga. The 2020 contest was cancelled because of the coronavirus, but the actual Icelandic contestant, Daði Freyr, is hilarious: https://slate.com/culture/2020/06/iceland-eurovision-song-contest-netflix-dadi-freyr-petursson-interview.html …pic.twitter.com/iz8n93uoaA
4. This isn't really about the movie, but the Daði Freyr entry is also a genuinely awesome song (and not just by Eurovision standards):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFZNvj-HfBU …
5. Mikael Persbrandt, whom you may recognize from Sex Education and who plays an Icelandic banker in the film, has a sex appeal section on his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Persbrandt …pic.twitter.com/GXAU6lSEbV
6. I don't want to spoil their reveals in the movie, but (a) the songs are perfect callbacks to Eurovision classics, and (b) the cameos are very rewarding.https://twitter.com/laurabronner/status/1276745599153582081 …
I would add: 7. JaJa DingDong is fantastic! And everyone should have more Schlager in their lives!
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