Venezuela anger at 'mocking' Colombia soap opera

Jan 17, 2011 09:59

Venezuela has told a private TV company to stop showing a Colombian soap opera it says is insulting to the country ( Read more... )

media, hugo chavez, satire, colombia, censorship, venezuela

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calimazan January 17 2011, 18:19:36 UTC
Chavez also banned another soap opera because it was too sexy.

When I watched this in the news, the writers (or producers or someone) of Chepe Fortuna said "It's very unfair, they didn't give the show enough time to explore their relationship, the become best friends at the end."

Go, go, democracy.

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danyjoncew January 17 2011, 18:30:59 UTC
Venezuela has told a private TV(...)

I hate it when people write things like this. Venezuela is not a person, kthnxbai.

Anyway, get a grip, Chávez.

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brewsternorth January 17 2011, 22:11:02 UTC
Agreed. You can say "the Venezuelan government", but trying to anthropomorphise countries when you're not speaking of Hetalia fandom just obfuscates matters.

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danyjoncew January 17 2011, 22:25:22 UTC
Exactly! I'd like to see what these journalists would feel like if (since the source is BBC) people talked as if David Cameron = the whole of UK. Some might say it's all painfully implicit but when you keep reading stuff like that over and over again it's likely to affect your perception of reality if you don't have the time or interest to pay close attention.

/captain obvious!

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lemonsalt January 17 2011, 22:31:44 UTC
I hate it when people write things like this. Venezuela is not a person, kthnxbai. Ditto.

Little Hugo =/= Venezuela.

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tmlforsyth January 17 2011, 19:01:41 UTC
In one episode Venezuela loses Little Hugo, prompting Colombia to tell her she is better off without him.
He's probably upset that the doggie is named Little Hugo :)

Too bad they can't make a soap opera character like Chavez named El Pendejo.

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beoweasel January 18 2011, 00:24:26 UTC
Chepe Fortuna stars a character called Colombia and her sister Venezuela...

It's a South American version of Hetalia: Axis Powers?

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berseker January 18 2011, 02:01:07 UTC
... Hetalia did it better. Well, our latin america version, anyway. Actually, La Isla Presidential did it better too.

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