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I remember reading somewhere that Cicely most resembled Talkeetna. But having never been there, I couldn't weigh in.
Back when Northern Exposure was still being filmed, I owned stock in a privately-traded company that sponsored the show. Because of that, I got a lot of information about it and "exclusive invitations" to attend, I don't remember what they called them, like the big party that happens when the final episode of a season is done filming, so we could "rub elbows" with the actors and crew. I never went to them, and often joked that the only actor that would show up would be "Dave the cook". I did know somebody that went to one, and said NONE of the celebrities were there, which didn't surprise me.
If I remember correctly, one of these "exclusive" events was at the bar where the scenes from The Brick were shot (outside Seattle) and one of them was actually in Roslyn.
It was just a classic fish-out-of-water story, a common narrative technique in television. Rural Alaska simply served as the antithesis of the city of New York (Fleishman's hometown) to that end. Once set in Alaska, the show did take advantage of Alaska traits and stereotypes - the isolation, the tendency of oddballs and misfits to be drawn there. But Alaska was just the canvas upon with the tale was painted.
Also, again... it was a made-up story. It wasn't any more real than Seinfeld showed the real New York, or Miami Vice showed the real Miami.
Settings are almost always just vehicles to carry a desired story forward. That's it.
It was just a classic fish-out-of-water story, a common narrative technique in television. Rural Alaska simply served as the antithesis of the city of New York (Fleishman's hometown) to that end. Once set in Alaska, the show did take advantage of Alaska traits and stereotypes - the isolation, the tendency of oddballs and misfits to be drawn there. But Alaska was just the canvas upon with the tale was painted.
Also, again... it was a made-up story. It wasn't any more real than Seinfeld showed the real New York, or Miami Vice showed the real Miami.
Settings are almost always just vehicles to carry a desired story forward. That's it.
While it was an interesting show for awhile it was pure Hollywood. I give it a solid "Meh".
It had good writing. The show was basically over after the main character left but they continued making episodes anyway and I don't recall any of them being very good. I tried watching a DVD back when Netflix did that and something was "off", and I couldn't put my finger on it. I later read that DVDs weren't a thing back when they were doing contracts for residuals and the studio didn't have legal permission to use any of the music on the DVDs. Rather than pay the artists to use the music they took it out, replacing some with whatever cheap music they could buy. One episode I watched the substitution totally changed the tone of some of the scenes as the writing was done with specific lyrics in mind. As I understand it any "reruns" on a TV network the sound is unmolested but the DVDs were butchered.
A few years ago a crowd-funding effort raised enough interest to re-launch the series (with the main character and some original writers returning) originally for a film but later turned into a series, but CBS dropped it when one of the producers died. I don't think the revival effort is dead but if not it's definitely on life support.
It was a good show. Good writing. Fun plots. I'm actually watching it again now, all sorts of annoying stuff - but still fun to watch.
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