Wed, Dec 28, 2022
The music video is an exploding new genre in the 1980s, and in a response to MTV, Kim Schumacher appears on Danish TV screens in the groundbreaking music video program '1999'. Danmarks Radio has difficulty in grasping the concept of the music video - and difficulty in grasping Schumacher's character. He must defend what he stands for in front of DR's cultural elite, and he will need his special speaking gifts. That ability already helps him as a boy at a boarding school, where hierarchy is important, and where he comes into close contact with an adult teacher.
Wed, Dec 28, 2022
Kim Schumacher's mother finds it difficult to accept that her son is gay. Despite that, he lives his love life in a fixed threesome relationship with two men, and all three of them live together. In the mid-1980s, Kim Schumacher has become a well-known face, and he seeks out New York's nightlife to live out his life. His popularity culminates in an American-inspired talk show, which is a complete novelty on Danish TV, but being the first to come up with something new does not necessarily equate success.
Wed, Dec 28, 2022
On the last evening of the 1980s, national television station Danmarks Radio broadcasts a large New Year's show. Kim Schumacher is hosting the festivities, because he has become popular as the whole nation's cheeky TV darling. But for the auditions the day before, Kim Schumacher wears black and hides in a wardrobe in the cloakroom. Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen stays behind and tries to get him to come out. Eventually succeeding, Kim Schumacher subsequently confides his fatal secret to Jarl.