Norma Aleandro, star of Oscar-winning film The Official Story, asks that actors not be persecuted.
Next week Pablo Echarri and Nancy Dupláa, two of the best known actors in Argentina, will debut in their new television drama series La Leona ("The Lioness"
, which will air on Telefe. A social network campaign, however, was promptly launched by supporters of the right-wing administration of Mauricio Macri against the series, attacking the actors for their affinity for former Presidents Néstor and Cristina Kirchner.
Actress Norma Aleandro, whose six decades in Argentine television, theater, and cinema included her renowned role as the adoptive mother of a toddler sold to her husband by the dictatorship in the 1985 Academy Award-winning film The Official Story, repudiated these acts and ideological persecution in an interview on Argentine Public Radio today.
Aleandro appeared in the popular current events talk show Por si las moscas ("Just in Case" to discuss her role in the Channel 13 series Los ricos no piden permiso ("The Rich Do Not Ask Permission" , and the discussion shifted to its chief competitor in the prime-time drama slot, "The Lioness."
Asked about the boycott currently being organized against "The Lioness" by Macri supporters, she said that "judging actors for what they think politically is as if we were in a sinister dictatorship, and we should stop this." Aleandro, 79, was herself exiled from Argentina from 1975 to 1982 for her progressive views.
"Supporting Kirchner does not make one better or worse. This is madness," Aleandro lamented. "I think it's a childish thing. It's bullying; exactly that: bullying."
Aleandro in particular defended her colleagues, Pablo Echarri and Nancy Dupláa, from the attacks. "They've been successful actors all their lives, they've made others money, and have produced many of their own programs for many years. They have done very good work for a long time."
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Starting out by attacking artists for their internationally praised work is unforgiveable. They're trying to drag the country right back into the lowest pit of hell all over again.
Because a poster I've known from long before DU was started recommended seeing The Official Story, we got a copy to watch at home, and it was wonderful. It appears to also have ticked off the Nazis in Argentina.
Didn't know the actress' politics, am not at all surprised she was a progressive. Most creative, intelligent people are progressives.
Can't tell you how much I appreciate your act in placing this information here. Behavior like attacking actors for their work has very deep, diseased roots. Not democratic in any way whatsoever. Completely sinister, it's not derived from healthy minds and souls.
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