How Deadloch flips the Nordic Noir crime genre on its arse and makes it funny

  • Written by: Sue Turnbull, Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong
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You know how it starts: a drone shot across an expanse of grey water under a leaden sky accompanied by eerie music and a sense of foreboding. Clearly someone is going to die, if they are not already dead, and a small community will be riven as its dark secrets are exposed to the pale light of a wintry Nordic day.

But we’re in...

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