Feminism is a form of idealism
Updated On: 17 June, 2022 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D`mello
Feminism exists as a counter to different forms of authoritarianism. Borgen was a reminder that just because women occupy positions of power, the world doesn’t necessarily come closer to being ideal
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A still from Borgen - Power & Glory
Despite not having watched the first three seasons of the Danish series, Borgen, I relished each instalment of the final, Power & Glory. Had I done my homework I’m sure each minute would have been filled with a deeper intensity, and the suspense would have felt even more high stakes. But we wrongly assumed that Netflix had only the new season, and we decided to dive in. I’d heard a bit about the show that derives its title from the Danish word that refers to The Castle, the term used informally for the Christiansborg Palace, which is apparently where the Parliament, Prime Minister’s Office and the Supreme Court are located. It’s a reference to power, to a place where decisions are made.
Season 4 takes us into the world of the lead protagonist, Birgitte Nyborg, who was Denmark’s first female Prime Minister, as she navigates her role as foreign minister. But the season really begins with Greenland, an overseas territory of Denmark, discovering oil. Given that the party founded by Nyborg, which is in coalition with the government, came to power because of its climate activism, her initial stance is one of opposition. She is sure that exploiting the oil will have catastrophic consequences in a world where ice caps are already melting. But when the world’s big players begin to get involved, she feels arm-twisted into changing her position. The choice she makes to back the drilling for oil goes directly against her party’s mandate, but she makes it from a space of fear and insecurity, afraid as she is of losing power. She’s divorced and has grown up kids who’ve flown the nest and cannot fathom what her life might look like if she was no longer politically relevant. Everything spirals here onward and what unfolds makes for really compelling viewing.
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