Television: “Denver Clan”: This is what family clans looked like in the 1980s

40 years ago, the “Denver Clan” went on air as a competitor to “Dallas”. Stories of power, sex, intrigue and the question: Who has the bigger villain?

By the way, America was already divided in the 80s. At that time a religious war was raging over the question: “Dallas” or “Denver Clan?” “Both television series about decadent family dynasties, about sex, power, alcohol and intrigue also flicker on German tube TVs – and show how difficult it is to discuss shallowness.

Even highly reputable media discuss shallowness

The Denver saga began 40 years ago. Dallas already exists. And from now on everything lives from comparison. The highly reputable one Frankfurter Allgemeine 1983 judged with pointed fingers: “No matter how big capitalist and elegant these people in Denver may be, they are all grubby emotional children.” Spiegel The young television critic Diedrich Diederichsen describes the Denver family head Blake Carrington as a colorless cross between the already gray CDU men Karl Carstens and Gerhard Stoltenberg. In a word: no chance against Dallas disgust JR Ewing, in which the author sees the mixture of Helmut Schmidt and Franz Josef Strauss.

The “Denver Clan” has 218 episodes, “Dallas” even 357

Whereby: When it comes to malice, the “Denver Clan” can definitely keep up. Thanks to Alexis Carrington Colby. In the 80s it is enough to say “the beast” – and everyone knows it is about the villain who spoils the life of her ex and his newcomer. Or as Diederichsen writes: She is the first who has anything close to the format to hunt down delegates from JR in the primaries. With her, the “Denver Clan” keeps up with 218 episodes. Dallas has 357 episodes. And religious war or not: Most Germans watch both anyway. There are only three programs.

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