On Tuesday, Yle published a four -part animated series Melatie. The genre is satire.
Melatie animation is a satire from three schoolchildren. General
YLE’s published on Tuesday Melatie-An animation series was immediately angry with Iltalehti’s reader.
– The Finnish Broadcasting Company has released a completely outrageous series. How is it possible that such a racist series has ended up being funded by the state, the rushed reader asks.
This is a satire that follows the lives of three teenage boys. They attend a school called Vuosaari School.
MelatieThe first episode of the series is the Taxi Day for schoolchildren. In the intro in the episode, the narrator tells how one day year thousands of students raise money for those who need it most.
-For example, in 1999 we raised money for poor farmers in Afghanistan, the narrator says, and the screen shows a sad Afghan father with two young children.
– Maybe we wouldn’t have been worth it, the narrator continues and the picture changes to the WTC twin towers on September 11, 2001.
The series aroused a lively discussion in Norway in the fall. General
The mockery hits widespread
In the classroom, a classmate names Hassan, a brown student of the group, stupid as a stupid, the teacher announces that he will stop anymore and whispers to the floor of the TV.
In the next scene, the series skews with the Greens and its children for curling parents. Schoolchildren perform as lazy and stupid video games players who do not understand the consequences of their actions. When it is time for a student called Lazarus to have a presentation in front of the class, he or she pulls out the weapon and threatens to kill everyone to illustrate the fear of the Sámi.
The third episode of the animation series is called Finnish blonde banged by Muslim Immigrant. The episode deals with, among other things, a healthcare crisis and how “life is much easier if there is a hot mud”. However, Elmeri, the protagonist who has become a hot mud, is harassed by a tenth -class boy. On his bookshelf, the boy has only one book, a politician Wille Rydman A secret that was not.
With Niko Saarinen
In Yle Arena, the series is described as the Nordic South Park, a non-bustling animation that follows the lives of three teenage friends. The series is localized to Finland. Norwegian original Hellerudsving According to Yle, it has risen to the top. The series was released in Norway in October 2024.
MelatieThe age limit of the series is 16 years old and in content warnings it is described as absurd and provocative. The voice actors of the series include presenter Niko Saarinen and comedian Fathi Ahmed.
The Norwegian series woke up after it appeared lively conversation. Some of the viewers praised the series as ingenious and some of the series made it complain to the broadcasting company. Opinions are also divided in the discussion on the Reddit website. Some of the speakers praise the series and for some it has been too much.
This is how Yle replies
Master of Young Youth Content and Entertainment Minna Peltomäki says the purpose of the series is to entertain and evoke thoughts at the same time.
– Melatie There is a social satire, that is, by means of humor and exaggeration, criticizes social malabs – and its humor goes over in every direction. For example, the story tells about power and how it affects individual and society, and on the other hand, moral choices. Melatie So it does exactly what the broadcasting company has to do, ie challenge power, make you think and entertain, Peltomäki replies.
He emphasizes that Yle does not accept racism or discrimination.
– Melatie You should not be condemned without familiarity with it, but it is worth looking at the whole. As you look deeper than the surface, you will notice how rafting scenes, on the other hand, reveal the themes of uncertainty, accepted, friendship and growing up, that is, those that young people face in their lives, Peltomäki estimates.
– Melatie Also challenges you to think about what the viewer in the series laughs and what doesn’t bother for yourself.
According to Peltomäki, the series is especially aimed at young adults. So far, only individual feedback has come from the series.