Venezuela rails against portrayal in US spy drama

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Venezuela rails against portrayal in US spy drama

   CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan officials are denouncing a U.S. spy drama that portrayed country stockpiling nerve gas to put down social unrest.

The socialist country's telecommunications commission is opening an investigation into the TNT series "Legends" over an episode in which a character fingers President Nicolas Maduro as the buyer of chemical weapons. On Monday, Minister of Information Delcy Rodríguez denounced the script as a hostile, imperialist action.

Venezuela was wracked by anti-government street protests this spring.

TNT did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

"Legends" debuted in August to mostly tepid reviews. It stars Sean Bean of "Game of Thrones" fame as an undercover FBI operative.

Last year, the U.S. spy drama "Homeland" portrayed Venezuela as a place of lawlessness and chaos. But no official repercussions followed.
   

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Venezuela rails against portrayal in new spy drama ‘Legends’

Critics have mostly ignored the new TNT spy drama “Legends,” but it’s creating a furor in Venezuela.

Officials in the South American country are denouncing the show for portraying the socialist government stockpiling nerve gas to quash dissent.


Producer Fox 21 apologized and said the show was just fiction

“The producers did not intend to imply that the show was reporting any actual events when it mentioned President Maduro’s name. We sincerely apologize to President Maduro,” the company said in a statement.

In the episode in question, titled “Lords of War,” the star of the show tortures a terrorist “24”-style, demanding to know who is buying his chemical weapons. Eventually the terrorist splutters, “Maduro! PSUV! They’re worried about the civil unrest in Venezuela.”

 

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