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Grexit Drama Greenlighted For A 5th Season - New Characters, New Plot Twists
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
Season 5 of the popular drama GREXIT is now in production.
The political-financial drama Grexit was greenlighted for a 5th season, as new characters and new narratives have reinvigorated a series that was clearly flagging in mid-2014. Given the sleepy subplots that dominated the 2014 series, industry insiders were anticipating a cancellation.
But with the introduction of new leads Alexis Tsipras and Yanis Varoufakis, veteran cast members Wolfgang Schäuble and Christine Lagarde must now grapple with a new field of canny adversaries and new obstacles.
"It's no secret the first two seasons in 2011 and 2012 were spectacular," One industry veteran told us. "It was one cliffhanger after another. But the last two seasons went downhill. Austerity just isn't that compelling, and the subplots that made the first two seasons so enjoyable lost their narrative edge."
When the authenticity of Christine Largarde's sun-kissed tan became a plot point, sources reckoned the series had exhausted itself.
Suddenly, a veritable cornucopia of emotionally gripping narratives have emerged: old vendettas from World War II, the underdog Greeks versus the German oppressors, the responsible Germans versus the profligate Greeks, the slim margin of victory held by the new team of Tsipras and Varoufakis, and numerous subplots as the Troika leaders make public announcements while wheeling and dealing behind closed doors.
"It boils down to 'will they or won't they' (leave the euro), but like all relationship dramas, the fun is in the personal battles and the plot twists," the industry veteran explained. "From what I hear, the season finale is still very much up in the air."
The series' ratings, which had eroded steadily through 2013 and 2014, have soared in 2015, and everyone involved with the series is newly energized.
One cast member spoke with us confidentially. "The great draw of Grexit is the Rashomon-like nature of the story. Each protagonist is the villain to half the audience and a hero to the other half. There are multiple love-hate relationships simmering in each episode."
One of the production team noted the new season's dramatic turns occupy the world stage. "Though Greece has a limited role in Europe, and is a bit player globally in terms of population and GDP, it's managed to secure a global spotlight on center stage with the drama of Grexit. This goes to show the power of a good conflict with strong characters facing multiple obstacles and plot twists."
Though there had been rumors of a two-year extension, recent gossip has this season's finale ending the series in a high-stakes showdown. Insiders would neither confirm nor deny the rumor, but they promised a "show unlike any other" this season.
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We really do need an entirely new crop of writers for all these circuses...
The bread is getting pretty stale too.
Go Iceland style...screw the banks and get on with life.
Fuck this crap, I am not watching a minute of this unless they book one of the Kardiashians (or however you spell those fat pigs names)!!!
House of Cards with Greek subtitles
Hardly the "Young and Restless" anymore...
Doesn't Varoufakis look like Voldermort? And you could say Dijsselbloem kinda looks like Harry Potter. Hey yo Billy Banzi!
This article is a work of genius in the same vien as the Henri the existential cat thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M
Well worth a few minutes. A work of genius.
And where's the sex?
remember the black dildo... cue scene Merkel
What do you mean WHERE'S THE SEX?
Haven't you noticed the people of Greece getting screwed on a daily basis?
Yes, they need to model Grexit after Game of Thrones... Or at least throw in a few dozen topless 19 Y/O hotties.
ask yourself the question:
what's the point of watching?
what's the point of watching?
I hear the series finale will be earth shattering.
block the channel and wait for the rumble. the series has a new season planned.cue italy, spain, portugal.
But will there be spinoffs like Spexit and Brexit
I'm hoping for "ExItalia" starring Beppe Grillo.
Maybe with Dieudonné as Best Supporting Actor?
The real surprise good ending would be the DEUxit.
Like a deus ex machina would (kind of) solve everything. At least it would then be possible to say "they lived happily ever after".
...and abbreviated Italian ExIT.
This might be the last Greek Season.
Will the Bre-xit involve geologists falling out of helicopters or will it be central bankers this time?
Thought we were on season 9?
too much sherry, my friend
Better to stick to that ludicrous soap opera "Downton Abbey".
I thought the EU was Highclear Castle and that Greece and other such countries were the servants to the banker aristocrats.
I'm not sure what to make of Christine's hand gestures unless she's referring to the length of Alexis Tsipras' unit.
Actually she's describing the width of DSK's chode as it approached "event horizon.'
It is a sideshow and no one involved takes it seriously, in fact they crave the attention. It has no affect on their lives, it is not their money/debt. The citizens are the ones on the hook, so "they" can continue to screw them over and over.
Banksters Inc. is a seriously sick group, that are perverted in more ways than one.
That's the problem with acting. You have to be taken seriously.
Writing...or should I say "scripting"...
Well...everyone just needs to play their part that's all.
No chart with this story?
Nope but they're thinking about a spinoff called Talking Grexit where "entertainment reporters" (read gossip columnists) will crowd in around a table and ask each other questions about everything Grexit!
Popcorn anyone? ;-)
OpRAH! OpRAH! OpRAH!
As a child before internet, a coffee clutch would ensue daily or weekly. All the politics would be discussed as I played to be napping and listening from my bedroom door. True story.
This is bigger than 'Who shot JR'......
CJ Pearson will become our new Afro-American US President. He lives in Georgia. Too bad he can't make the 2016 ballot.
President Obama: Do you really love America?
If people actually paid 1/100th the amount of attention to this that they do to reality TV shows that in no way reflect reality, this planet would be a much better place. These people are honestly missing out. I find it far more entertaining to watch these knucklefucks try to make the impossible possible by signing pieces of paper saying it's so.
+1 for knucklefucks.
calling for Dr. Phil....we need you.....
Four guys, lineup looks boring.
Al Sharpton will call this a racial discrimination against a fellow negro who bolted from the plantation.
Keep up your sound values CJ
"Season Five"....I love this site. lol
Brilliant IMO.
Yep.
All the more so because this is how "things" are in fact done.
"Until the Russians attack."
I think they still like hockey up there...
The BS factor needle rises when you think about WTF has Syriza been planning for Greece the last 5-6 elections. The only move for the Greek people is to kill anyone who says they are from the government or a bank......for the next 10 years.......say.......
AHAHAHA!
This is some "Dynasty" shit right here!!
The Federal Reserve should have a prime time slot called "This Old Grey Yellen"
She ain't what she used to be.
The degree to which Syriza backdowns will directly translate into Spain becoming more politically strident and opposed to austerity.
Interesting interview with Pablo Iglesias, leader of Spain's Podemos party:
http://thenewsdoctors.com/spain-leftist-leader-says-populism-rises-from-failures-of-the-elite/
At the end of season five, we'll find out that it was all just a dream (nightmare).
The Assassination of Greece
James Petras was Director of the Center for Mediterranean Studies in Athens (1981-1984) and adviser to Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou (1981-84). Here he analyzes the Greek crisis and its issues within the European Union.
Full story:
http://thenewsdoctors.com/?p=287657
Eat Shemitah and die!
Ross Hornby (Hat Films) - The Ultimate Eat Shit Collection: Vol. 1!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jutwezVS8HE
Grexit will only be a paid per view video TV service. Just under the boxing channel.
/Sarc
"But with the introduction of new leads Alexis Tsipras and Yanis Varoufakis ...must now grapple with a new field of canny adversaries and new obstacles"
This guy at Oftwominds who wrote this must work for Goldman or JP Morgan. After what Tsipras and Yanis just did he is trying to sell them as the canny rebels pushing for an exit. These two are now discredited, they may put on a good show for the sheep but they just sold out Greece already. If a push to remove them gains traction watch the EU powers go to extra lengths to keep them as the accepted representatives in the "negotiations" (wink, wink).
"sold out Greece"...lets analyze this...29 days ago the idea of exiting the Euro was something supported by the minority in Greece...now everyone is calling out for Tsipras to go the full Monty and say "OHI" to the German "NEIN"...Tsipras is showing to the world that he wants to play ball, he even goes as far as to compromise...but yet the Germans will reject it..hmmm...I wonder what would that do to his current 81% approval by the Greeks....remember..there is more then one way to skin a cat.
Excellent blog entry, Tyler.
Very very funny. Laughing out loud here
Only logged in to say that this is genuinely fucking funny.
Valeu galera!!!
All good but sorry to inform you that you are "watching" a watered down, simplified, english speaking mass media version of the series. A bit like a sanitized version of a porno movie made by Q.Tarantino. As such your opinion about its ending is a tat simplified...nevertheless good "light" article....please include a "dragon" because there is no good story without a "dragon".
Greece is just a complete basketcase for which the only solution is the Drachme.
The first thing they would have to do is accept wage/pension deflation to stop their multitude of deficits (which they would never to because it goes against their 'pride'/envy). But even that is not going to stop their own oligarchs from sucking the population dry, so they have to print, print, print.
The Rashomon analogy is more true than intended, inasmuch as there was an actual true story among the ones recounted. The movie did not intend to present equal viewpoints, it showed multiple lies from which you could construct the truth. Of course the critics won't agree.
I thouht it was self evident that Greece will be the first feather in Putin's cap. If Greece gets the four month extension, they'll take it, if not, either way it's Grexit Nach Russland.
I suppose they'd rather arrive in August and not March, but defaulters can't be choosers.
But will Yanis do a nude scene this season?
Oh come on...he's cute.
You guys do realize I'm a woman, right? It's not like I'm some guy saying that...not that there'd be anything wrong with that, but this probably wouldn't be the best place to 'come out'...
Oh wait...if Yanis does a nude scene, who would it be with? Look at the rest of that cast...
Keep your pants on, Yanis, and run like hell!
Where dies the word drama come from
It comes from the word drachma but with the ch in the middle missing.
The ch stands for change and given that there isn't any we are stuck with drama rather than drachmas.