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by Spidler 3844 days ago
Americans are too strung up on the "be ashamed for someone" comedy that really doesn't go over well with Scandinavian audiences.

It's hard to find an American comedy (since Wag the Dog, perhaps) that doesn't fall on the gag of fremdschämen.

A typical example of the bleak humour from here would be the Danish movie [Flickering Lights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4ZBcK01HU)