Spanish Television Radio (RTVE) He has announced that he will mark as “macho and sexist” the classic films of the emblematic program Neighborhood cinema. According to the president of the public chain, it cannot be “banalized physical violence against women, homophobia or perpetuation of macho roles», Attitudes that appear in these feature films.
That is why RTVE has confirmed that he will place a notice at the beginning of the films for «contextualize»Its content. The controversial decision comes after complaints received by the defender of the hearing, Rosa María Mollóon alleged “macho attitudes” in films of the golden age of cinema.
«The circumstances contained in this film are framed at a given time and must be understood in the social context of that era», Will pray the controversial message.
This imposition will affect the mythical program that has been in Antena since 1995 and currently driving Inés Ballester. Neighborhood cinema broadcast every Saturday Spanish films of the decades of 50, 60 and 70a treasure of Spanish culture that will now be subjected to the socialist government filter.
This new initiative has aroused the controversy in social networks where users and communication professionals have described the measure as a “plan to idiotize society.” This has been expressed by the journalist Manuel Marlasca who has said that society is mature enough to not need to be explained when the films were filmed.
Given this, the president of RTVE has said through his social networks that all macho roles are perpetuated “under a layer of paternalistic humor inspired by the values of Francoism that these Spanish films of the 60s fill.”There is much to do Although you see everything conquered. Recently a high position of RTVE asked me what it seemed to me that they could no longer make ‘ladybug jokes’, he said.
