A Netflix announced its newest Brazilian production, The Mechanism, with direction from José Padilha e Selton Mello in the lead role at the beginning of the year. 3q94v
The producer, however, probably did not expect that, even in the case of this confusion, House of Cardss, the series would cause so much controversy.
Well, if you really thought that, you thought it wrong.
The Mechanism arrived on the day March 23 and had a lot of impact on social media. And the reason is not positive.
But let's go by parts: in case you don't know, The Mechanism talk about the operation lava Jato, which revealed one of the most scandalous cases of corruption in the country. Well, at least the ones we've discovered so far.
Dealing with such a massive event so close to when that bomb went off can be tricky, even with the director José Padilha saying that this gave them more freedom, since, as the subject hasn't been dealt with much in fiction, they wouldn't be tied to one version.
Check out the trailer to get a better idea of the series:
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Now, let's talk about what made the series a hit on social media, but not in the good way (unless you agree with the classic phrase: “speak well or speak badly, but speak about me”).
Many people were outraged by the Netflix and with the version presented in the series. Even mixing fiction, detective novels and attempts to disguise real personalities with not very original names, the series ended up straying further than expected from reality.
One of those cases that show no relation to the events before the operation, for example, is the attribution of a sentence said by Romero Juca ao ex-president Lula, represented by the character João Higino.
ers of the former president and the PT also pointed out that the character representing the money changer Alberto Youssef appears on the character committee corresponding to Dilma Rousseff offering a bribe. determined by with the BBC, this event is false, as Youssef was imprisoned in Curitiba during the 2014 election campaign, and was in jail until November 17, 2016.
Many argued that the series is biased and therefore called on social media s to boycott the show. Netflix, pumping the hashtag #CancelNetflix.
the former president Dilma Rousseff accused the production of distorting reality, which she also called “fake news".
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As we already know, Jair Bolsonaro tries any opportunity to gain the spotlight. Whether making controversial comments (read sexist, racist and even without any connection or connection with reality), or trying to connect your name with the Netflix.
It all started when your son, Flavio Bolsonaro, took advantage of the controversy to expose what appeared to be a series about his father being produced by the most popular streaming service in the country.
The information, which did not seem very true and only intended to cause more controversy, was soon denied by the Netflix.
Then that's it. It was not this time that Bolsonaro won a production about him.
To learn more about the series inspired by Operation Lava Jet and give your verdict whether it is biased or not, go to this page. (Must be subscribed to Netflix).
