{"id":159850,"date":"2018-04-13T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=159850"},"modified":"2018-04-13T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:49:22","slug":"netflix-on-calls-to-cancel-amo-viewers-will-decide-what-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/13\/netflix-on-calls-to-cancel-amo-viewers-will-decide-what-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix on calls to cancel \u2018Amo\u2019: Viewers will decide what to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Right advocates and drug policy groups earlier called on Netflix to scrap \u201cAmo,\u201d the series helmed by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, as it normalizes or even glorifies President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s war against illegal drugs. (Photo<\/a>: Brillante Mendoza\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Responding to calls for the cancelation of a controversial new show to stream on Netflix, the entertainment firm said viewers will decide on “what, when and where they want to watch.”<\/p>\n

Right advocates and drug policy groups earlier called on Netflix to scrap \u201cAmo,\u201d<\/em> the series helmed by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, as it normalizes or even glorifies President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s war against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand Netflix to cancel AMO. Netflix should not condone a show glorifying Duterte\u2019s drug war. Thousands of Filipinos have already lost loved ones to this murderous campaign. Airing AMO will only bastardize their grief,\u201d groups composed of artists, lawyers, and rights groups said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Aside from these groups, Luzviminda Siapo, mother of Raymart Siapio, the handicapped 19-year-old extrajudicial killing victim, also wrote to the entertainment giant through a change.org petition to cancel the show.<\/p>\n

In Siapo\u2019s plea, the grieving mother expressed her disagreement with Mendoza and the premise of the show, adding that the war on drugs is not the solution to the drug problem in the country and that killing is simply not right.<\/p>\n

Addressing the issue, the streaming giant told Buzzfeed, \u201cNetflix offers a diverse choice for consumers to decide on what, where and when they want to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that viewers may have opposing opinions but leave it to them to decide,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Amo<\/em>, the first production from the Philippines to be streamed internationally as a Netflix Original, highlights the story of Joseph, a high school student, who sells\u00a0methamphetamine or shabu<\/em> and gets tangled up in the chaotic underworld of drugs and corruption. The story is set amidst the height of the Philippine government\u2019s crackdown on illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

Mendoza, a known supporter of Duterte, said his story demonstrates \u201ctwo sides of the coin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe message is that we should all understand that there is a [drugs] situation in the Philippines \u2026 and now the government has really got very tough about it,\u201d Mendoza said in an interview with Britain\u2019s Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n

The filmmaker, who directed the President\u2019s first two State of the Nation Addresses, earlier explained that Amo would portray a \u201cnecessary\u201d campaign against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

According to a \u201cReal Numbers\u201d update from the Philippine National Police (PNP), almost 4,000 drug suspects were killed in the anti-drug campaign between July 1, 2016 to January 17, 2018. The right groups, however, questioned the veracity of the government\u2019s statistics, saying that the numbers could be higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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