Death cleaning is 'life-affirming'ĭon't think of death cleaning as the same as minimalism. "It's a very deeply rooted way of handling your life in Sweden to not burden other people and also not live excessively," Svenson says. (The familiar voice Amy Poehler narrates, and she serves as executive producer.) It follows three Swedish death cleaners – Ella Engström, an organizer Johan Svenson, a designer and Katarina Blom, a psychologist – as they assist Americans in Kansas City trying to tidy up their lives, materially and emotionally.
"The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" is now a TV series streaming on Peacock. But death cleaning isn't just for those near death anyone can do it at anytime: before or after a big life change, or if they're simply sick of all the clutter around them. The longstanding in Swedish practice – further popularized with the book " The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning" by Margareta Magnusson – involves a person going through their things so they don't burden their loved ones with too much junk when they die. But it's actually all about living in the present. What do we want to be surrounded by? What do we want to tell the people in our lives while we’re still around? That was just the juicy, deep part of the show." Swedish death cleaning" may sound like a funeral ritual. When you die, what’s gonna happen to it? As Amy says in the narration, what are you gonna do with all this crap at the end? It’s a way of looking at the big stuff in our lives, the small stuff, and more importantly, the stuff that really matters to us.”Īdded Poehler: “I was drawn to the original book, the stuff that David’s talking about, and the bigger idea that … especially over the past couple of years … how we’ve really had to come to terms with what’s important. The idea is basically, you’ve got a whole bunch of stuff you collect over the years. Death cleaning in Sweden is very natural. It’s through the lens of death that we live, that we get to see ourselves with new eyes and live in a different way. “It’s a philosophy,” explains Collins during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. Morrison, Faye Stapleton and Susanna Lea. Poehler and her production partner Kate Arend executive produce alongside Scout Productions’ David Collins, Michael Williams, Rob Eric and Renata Lombardo, as well as author Magnusson and Jane Magnusson, Stephen M.
The show, which premiered April 27, is based on the 2018 nonfiction book of the same name by Margareta Magnusson. 2023 Eurovision Song Contest To Stream On Peacock In The US - How To Watch
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