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==Popularity in Serbia==
==Popularity in Serbia==
[[Image:Nick Slaughter in a Serbian comic from 1996.jpg|thumb|200px|Nick Slaughter portrayed in Serbian comic "Strip protest", by [[Aleksa Gajić]], released during the [[1996–1997 protests in Serbia|1996-97 students' protests]] against Slobodan Milošević's regime.]]
[[Image:Nick Slaughter in a Serbian comic from 1996.jpg|thumb|200px|Nick Slaughter portrayed in Serbian comic "Strip protest", by [[Aleksa Gajić]], released during the [[1996–1997 protests in Serbia|1996-97 students' protests]] against Slobodan Milošević's regime. Better version on [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Dorwinion/niksloterstrip.gif this link].]]
The series was particularly popular in Serbia, where it gained a [[Cult following|cult status]]. It was broadcast on four Serbian television stations - [[Politika|TV Politika]], NS+, [[RTS|RTS 3K]], and [[RTV Pink]] - during the 1990s and rerun numerous times. The show was extremely well received, mostly because of its simple and exciting plot, [[dry humor]] and idyllic atmosphere of a tropical island, which was an absolute contrast, in comparison to Serbia of the mid-1990s. The reruns in the then isolated country made the show immensely popular, turning it into something of a cultural phenomenon.
The series was particularly popular in Serbia, where it gained a [[Cult following|cult status]]. It was broadcast on four Serbian television stations - [[Politika|TV Politika]], NS+, [[RTS|RTS 3K]], and [[RTV Pink]] - during the 1990s and rerun numerous times. The show was extremely well received, mostly because of its simple and exciting plot, [[dry humor]] and idyllic atmosphere of a tropical island, which was an absolute contrast, in comparison to Serbia of the mid-1990s. The reruns in the then isolated country made the show immensely popular, turning it into something of a cultural phenomenon.


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Tropical Heat (aka Sweating Bullets) was a Canadian TV series made in cooperation with Mexico and Israel and released between 1991 and 1993 (and in the US eventually as part of the CBS umbrella series Crimetime After Primetime). It was about two private investigators, ex-police officer Nick Slaughter and ex-tourist agent Silvie Girard, solving a variety of different cases.

The series ran for three seasons totalling 66 episodes. Season one was filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Season two was filmed in Eilat, Israel. Season three was filmed in Pretoria, South Africa, with some sequences shot on the Isle of Mauritius.[1]

Lead actor Rob Stewart purportedly met his bride in Mexico during filming of the first season.

Popularity in Serbia

Nick Slaughter portrayed in Serbian comic "Strip protest", by Aleksa Gajić, released during the 1996-97 students' protests against Slobodan Milošević's regime. Better version on this link.

The series was particularly popular in Serbia, where it gained a cult status. It was broadcast on four Serbian television stations - TV Politika, NS+, RTS 3K, and RTV Pink - during the 1990s and rerun numerous times. The show was extremely well received, mostly because of its simple and exciting plot, dry humor and idyllic atmosphere of a tropical island, which was an absolute contrast, in comparison to Serbia of the mid-1990s. The reruns in the then isolated country made the show immensely popular, turning it into something of a cultural phenomenon.

The whole "movement" of turning the main character, Nick Slaughter, into a sort of a symbolic national hero has probably started in the Belgrade suburb of Žarkovo, where the first, now legendary, graffiti saying "Sloteru Niče Žarkovo ti kliče" ("Nick Slaughter, Žarkovo hails to you") could be seen on the walls. Soon afterwards, during the massive months-long protests against the rule of Slobodan Milošević in 1996 and 1997, the slogan "Slotera Nika za predsednika" ("Nick Slaughter for President") was often seen on the banners and badges as a symbol of oppositional politics. Also, slogan "Svakoj majci treba da je dika, koja ima sina k'o Slotera Nika." ("Every mother should be proud to have a son like Nick Slaughter") could be heard on streets of Belgrade. Atheist Rap, a Serbian punk band, paid a tribute to the Tropical Heat's main protagonist by recording a song titled Slaughteru Nietzsche, with the graffiti-based chorus "Sloteru Niče, Srbija ti kliče" ("Nick Slaughter, Serbia hails to you") on their 1998 album Druga liga Zapad.

It late March 2009, various Serbian media outlets carried the news that Rob Stewart, the actor playing Nick Slaughter in the series, is coming to Serbia in summer 2009 to film a documentary based around his character's extraordinary popularity in the country, which he found out about accidentally while surfing the internet.[2][3][4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ TROPICAL HEAT - Sweating Bullets
  2. ^ Nik Sloter u Srbiji!, MTS Mondo, March 29, 2009
  3. ^ Nick Slaughter među Srbima, Popboks, March 30, 2009
  4. ^ Nik Sloter u Srbiji, Blic, March 29, 2009

See also

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