Loosely based on accounts from actual professional dancers who worked at the popular variety Cirkusrevyen (The Circus Revue) in Copenhagen in the 1970s at a time when sexism was basically 'the name of the game' at most workplaces - and most certainly in showbusiness. And at a time when domestic violence was nothing to make such a fuss about.
The main character is the dancer, Sussie. She lives with her manipulative, self-deceptive husband Robert (A failed dancer - now working as a hairdresser while struggling to live up the expectations of being the family breadwinner) and their baby daughter. Whenever he is wearing his 'wifebeater', it's always a bad sign. When not - he can be extremely charming.
The show's great achievement is the way it manages to balance a serious undertaking of these fairly dark subjects with a humorous satirical take on both real and made-up events that took place at the Revue in the mid-70s.
The grossly underpaid dancers are stuck between personal dreams of a more glamorous life and a management that makes it very clear that the dancers are easy to replace, if they don't show enough skin or make too many demands. Popular actors of the time that were working at the Circus Revue are portrayed fairly nuanced, but the show is not about them.
The feminist movement (sometimes seen protesting right outside the venue) as well as charismatic men from various left wing protest groups are often shown as a bunch of pretentious or downright selfish show-offs.
