I am dreading the US version, though I like the idea that Rutger Hauer will play the Afrikkaner, Du Plessis. The episode where everybody comes down with an illness (won't spoil it for you) is genuinely well done and kept me riveted. That makes the story lines a touch more sophisticated than the eye rollers give it credit for. Altough the Travanions home 'Leopards Den' is featured most promininetly in the Show, the Game Reserves main accomadation is Glen Afric Country Lodge, also known as 'Mara lodge' in the show. You see, their difficulties parallel of the overall difficulty in assimilating into the African lifestyle. Wild at Heart is filmed on loaction at a Game Reserve, 20 minutes drive from Johannesburg, South Africa. So, I enjoy the emotional region the program explores, and especially the difficulty in having the two families assimilate into one. That makes sentimental pieces invaluable, I think. If we did, we would have no need of therapists, right? And so we denigrate those who explore this psychological ground, using symbols and story lines to tell us something about ourselves. They tend to get to the emotional nitty gritty that most of us do not want explored, either in others or ourselves. For some, the sentimental nature of the stories is worthy of a roll of the eyes or feigned disgust. I am a fan of Stephen Thompkinson, ever since first seeing him in Ballykissangel. Second, I like fish-out-of-water stories.
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