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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.

This show might be labeled 'sitcom' by the distributors, but if you expect a comedy show, you will be disappointed. It is an attempt to portray the everyday life situations between a single mom and her three daughters realistically - or at least inspired by the show's main writer and character, Pamela Adlon (Sam Fox in the show).

This not only implies breaking genre conventions, it also means that you rarely get to see a straightforward story. Expect more of a patchwork-like set of events - a bit like Woody Allen, Todd Solondz or Robert Altman - but with confrontational teenage girls - and a grandmother (Celia Imrie).

Speaking of the girls, the older (Max) and the youngest (Duke) appear as fairly typical teenagers and kids, while the middle sister, Frankie (Hannah Alligood) stands out as the more intellectual, anti-conventional one. (Think Darlene Conner from "Roseanne" (1990), if you're looking for comparisons). The young actors are clearly challenged by their well-written characters - and the result is sometimes very impressive - undoubtedly thanks to Adlon's direction.

So in short: Expect a show that follows no well-known conventions - except that each episode still has the normal duration of a sitcom episode. But also expect a show with some unusually convincing acting performances. Don't watch the show just to be entertained - the girls as well as their mother and grandmother aren't there to be likeable, cute or behave well.