New York Strip Clubs: Netflix Series Lilyhammer: Little Stevie’s Gangsta Rap Debuts February 6
Monday February 6 marks the debut for the first of five original series Netflix is currently developing for their 23.5 million-strong subscriber base. Lilyhammer was produced in Norway and its recent debut there garnered the highest ratings ever for a Norwegian dramatic series.
The series stars Little Steven Van Zandt (The Sopranos, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, Little Steven’s Underground Garage) as the main character, Frankie (The Fixer) Tagliano. Tagliano could be a distant cousin to the beloved but ruthless strip club owner and loyal consigliere Silvio Dante from The Sopranos. It’s great to see Van Zandt take a starring role in an episodic series — he, you should pardon the expression, kills it.
The story begins as Tagliano, a mobbed up New York bar owner, becomes a FBI informant and is sent away on the witness protection plan by his own request to Norway. Why Norway? Because he saw the lovely quiet town of Lillehammer on TV during the 1984 Olympics and it looked serene — and who in their right mind would expect to find him there, of all places.