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Great example of how not to name a show. I'd have at least a few other associations before clicking on it to see what it was actually about. Clark Kent? Clark and Gable?

Wouldn't something that describes who Olofsson is be a better title? Or am I just being picky for no reason?

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I believe it's a cultural difference. It was a Swedish production and he's a lot more famous there. I can't say whether he'd be the first thing to come to mind when a Swedish person heard the name, but he'd be a lot higher on the list than in the US.

The guy is still alive and could perhaps sue for libel if they used his full name. An earlier Swedish movie about Olof Palme was probably libelous, but got away with it since his name was never used.

Sweden must have an exceptionally strange libel standard then, given that the series is explicitly about him: "This is the unbelievable story of Clark Olofsson, the controversial criminal who inspired the term "Stockholm syndrome." Based on his truths and lies.".

Sweden, is .. a strange country. Yes, its liberal. But at the same time. Its part of the old world, as in the ancient world, that was before the WorldWars. It had eugenics until the 2000s.

What do you have in mind with “… until the 2000s”?

According to Wikipedia:

“ Compulsory sterilisation in Sweden were sterilisations which were carried out in Sweden, without a valid consent of the subject, during the years 1906–1975 on eugenic, medical and social grounds.”

So the main sterilization program ended 1975. However:

“Between 1972 and 2013, sterilisation was also a condition for gender reassignment surgery.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilisation_in_...

I honestly wouldn't have assumed any of those. "Clarks" is a very famous shoe brand in the UK, and here, Clark is a surname. Ironically, Clark Gable's real name was "William Clark Gable" apparently. So, Clark was actually more likely a surname.

I guess Clark Olofsson was also named after Clark Gable, as Clark is not a particularly Swedish name either.

I was gonna go with "Lewis and Clark" for my immediate association

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