They desperately need an intervention, including Suzi Sanderson, a whisky-throated 75-year-old saloon singer featured in episode one. The people featured in the show are at a crossroads. And don’t be afraid to talk about your death. Don’t leave it as a burden for others to deal with when you’re gone. The message: As you get older, try not to be sentimental. (Magnusson and her daughter Jane Magnusson, a Swedish film director, are listed as executive producers of the Peacock series.) The Swedish concept of “dostadning” can be employed at any life stage. The series is inspired by the best-selling 2018 book “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning” by Margareta Magnusson, which introduced Americans to this quaint Nordic custom. You’ll get it,” she says at the start of each episode. “Cleaning out your crap so others don’t have to when you’re dead. She never appears, but her quips add an extra zing. The show, which premiered Thursday, is narrated by comedian Amy Poehler, who also served as an executive producer. Instead, it brings three kind and cute clutter-busting Swedes to Kansas City to compassionately teach Midwesterners that crammed homes that resemble indoor swap meets make for an unhappy life -– for you and for your heirs. But the eight-episode Peacock series “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning” isn’t a showcase for dark magic – it’s not even about death specifically. A show about death cleaning sounds like something Lord Voldemort ordered up to terrify Harry Potter.
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