How do societies with a spotless progressive and egalitarian self image handle culture scandals like MeToo or racism? It usually starts with someone being offended and someone else feeling unduly tarnished. The Finnish artist Jani Leinonen and the Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson each in their own fashion offended deeply-felt Christian feelings. Where lie the boundaries of tolerance? A Ronald McDonald figure nailed to a cross caused riots in Israel; a half naked Christ caused the Pope to go ballistic. The Finnish-Swedish team investigated the root causes of a few hand-picked Nordic scandals. A lot of ground was covered in Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. What do the scandals tell us about these societies and the Nordic mindset in the early 21st century? Why did the MeToo movement travel like wildfire to Sweden and Iceland, but much more hesitantly to Denmark and Finland? In six episodes we compare and analyze scandals from the five Nordic countries.
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