On the television screen, Kızılcık Şerbeti (Cranberry Sherbet) attracted attention as a series with religious sensitivity. The story of the series tells the lives of a young woman who grows up in a secular family who is married to a conservative family. The clash of families from two different cultures also brings ratings, but at some point, the screenwriters are expected to transform the series towards a story focused on empathy.
Producer Faruk Turgut made the following statement for the series, which bears the signature of Gold Film: “We are telling about a secular, secular woman’s being married to a conservative family and through her children, she understands the people around her, empathizes with them, and gets rid of her prejudices.”
In the story of the series, the conflict of families in two different cultures was instrumental in increasing the ratings, and at this point, an attitude of the screenwriters that increases the conflict is observed. Faruk Turgut said in a statement, “The main thing we want to do is a matter of love. We built the parties by being influenced by the current situation of the society,” he said.
Despite these words, the fact that the script of the series leaves a love story and focuses on the conflicts of families in two different cultures tells that there has been a slight deviation from the initial purpose.
The screenwriters of the series can write effective scenes at the point of empathy in the following episodes, but in a process where the conflict environment increases the ratings, it will not be easy to risk the ratings by transforming the story in the series.
It is not yet clear whether the Kızılcık Şerbeti series will move away from its initial purpose, or will it increase social awareness and explain the importance of empathy for families from different cultures.
