Det Røde Kapel(TV-Show/Serie, 2006)

Det Røde Kapel (Danish: The Red Chapel) was a Danish television show on the channel DR2, about the fictional theatre group Det Røde Kapel, which consists of three Danish comedians, who want to perform a comedy/variety show in North Korea. The show is notable for actually taking place in North Korea. Two of the comedians, Simon Jul and Jacob Nossell, were both adopted to Denmark from South Korea. The filming of Det Røde Kapel was their first visit to Korea. At one point they were allowed to cross what is technically the border to South Korea at a table in a conference room, to visit the country where they were born. While the point of the trip is not to mock the regime of North Korea, the three comedians are able to act in ways that might quickly have raised suspicion in Western countries, but due to the isolation of the inhabitants, and extremely low or non-existent exposure to Western media, certain themes such as irony and subtle mockery are not seen as offensive. Their ability to communicate between each other in Danish, which is understood by no one else, also allows them certain freedom. Along with the ongoing challenge of getting their theatre show performed, the show also follows the three around certain "tourist friendly" landmarks in North Korea in or close to the ... ()