In the unending quest to keep us entertained, strange things are happening with some television series. There is a current BBC television series production called:
Being Human (TV series)
I won't go into detail about it other than to say that it is very popular, and very well done. Not allowing it to be a popular show on its own, an American television production company has produced a remake, showing on the SciFi Channel, starring American actors:
'Being Human,'and entertaining to boot
The series has exactly the same name, theme, characters, and, if it's a remake, episodes. Now, perhaps this is done in conjunction with the Beeb to make the show more palatable, or understandable, to American audiences, but to be honest with you, I truly don't understand this. The British show is great, the dialogue is completely understandable (there's no unitelligible British accents of any kind), and the actors do terrific work. It doesn't seem to make much sense.
The only sense I can make of it is that perhaps American audiences respond better to American characters, and the actors in the American series are much prettier - they're the Twilight-looking type of characters. Perhaps American audiences only want beautiful people to watch?
This has been done before, with the British comedy series 'The Office'. I really do wonder what it is all about...
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