Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

An accident leaves the band Fire Saga -- comprised of Lars and Sigrit -- as Iceland's only possible entrant into Eurovision. Though Sigrit is the one with real talent, her love for Lars prevents her from branching out on her own. Lars' own single-mindedness prevents him from entering into romance with Sigrit until his goal of winning the contest is achieved.

This could've been just a silly Will Ferrell movie, but there's a huge cast, each of whom is giving it everything they've got and that raises it a step above his usual. As the timing of our viewing was smack in the middle of our country's fight for racial equality and less than a week after Chadwick Boseman's death, there was a scene that really opened my eyes to how very much representation matters. It's like I had already intellectually accepted it as fact but I didn't "get" just how much Black Panther could mean to millions of African Americans. 

Though the clip below couldn't be any more white, the principle still holds: seeing and hearing someone who is just like you is important -- especially when it isn't the norm.

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