Anton Berg and Martin Johnson in Pray, Obey, Kill. (HBO) HBO/TNS
Debuting this week on HBO Max, the five-part docuseries âPray, Obey, Kill,â is a new crime series that fuses the trends of true crime and Nordic noir. Directed by Henrik Georgsson, who also directed episodes of the blockbuster Danish/Swedish crime series âThe Bridge,â âPray, Obey, Killâ tells the story of a 2004 murder committed in the small village Knutby, Sweden. Itâs a befuddling crime, in which a man and a woman are both shot in different homes at the same time, with the investigation turning toward a young female nanny and the female murder victimâs husband, the pastor of a small Pentecostal church.
Oskaloosa News Recap For March 16th, 2021
National and World News
Dictionary.com has updated its database with new entries and definitions, many of which were inspired by the coronavirus pandemic.
New entries include: “hybrid learning,” “superspreader,” and a new definition for the word “Zoom.”
“Doomscrolling” (obsessively checking the internet for bed news) and “sleep hygiene” (trying to maintain our quality of sleep) were inspired by habits formed during lockdowns.
Other new words pertained to race, social justice and identity, which were heavily focused on this past year.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci backed a new study that suggests schools can reduce space between students from six-feet to three-feet in the classroom.
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SBS On Demand
Benedikt Rikhardsson (Olafur Darri Olafsson) is a big man and a political leader with big ideas. “I just want to have great ambitions,” the iconoclastic chairman of the Independence Party explains to his colleagues.
Icelandic political TV drama The Minister, starring Olafur Darri Olafsson as Benedikt Rickhardsson, is screening on SBS on Demand.
But is he a visionary – a breath-of-fresh-air idealist, devoid of cynicism and unencumbered by the conventional ways – or is he a hopeless naif and a potentially anarchic force?
That’s the question at the heart of this eight-part Icelandic drama series. As it begins, on the eve of an election, Benedikt makes his first radical move, announcing the formation of a partnership with the Social Democratic Alliance during a live TV debate. He then declares that, if they prove successful in the election, he won’t accept the results and lead a government unless 90 per cent of the country’s eligible population votes. One