Drama is a Spanish streaming television series produced by RTVE and El Terrat which stars Elisabet Casanovas, Artur Busquets and Júlia Bonjoch. It features both Catalan and Spanish language dialogue, with roughly a 70%–30% distribution. Originally released in RTVE's Playz in February 2020, its subsequent broadcasting run on the Catalan regional broadcaster TV3 generated controversy in Catalonia.
| Drama | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Dani Amor |
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| Directed by | Ginesta Guindal |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original languages |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 min (approx.) |
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| Original release | |
| Network | playz |
| Release | 4 February – 25 February 2020 |
Premise
editThe fiction follows África, a 23-year-old woman living in Barcelona in an apartment shared with Jordi (Artur Busquets) and Scarlett (Júlia Bonjoch) who gets pregnant but she does not know by whom.[1][2][3]
Cast
edit- Starring
- Elisabet Casanovas as África.[4][3]
- Artur Busquets as Jordi.[3]
- Júlia Bonjoch as Scarlett.[3]
- Other
- Ignatius Farray as África's father.[3]
- Álex Maruny.[3]
- Carla Linares.[3]
- Iñaki Mur.[3]
- Paula Jornet.[3]
- Aimar Vega.[3]
- Eduard Buch.[3]
- Laura Weissmahr.[3]
- Mireia Portas.[5]
Production and release
editProduced by RTVE and El Terrat[6] and created by Dani Amor, the series was directed by Ginesta Guindal whereas Oriol Pérez and Charlie Pee joined Amor in the writing team.[7] The series was shot with a 70% share of the dialogue in Catalan and a 30% in Spanish.[8] Consisting of 6 episodes featuring a running time of around 25 minutes,[3] the series premiered on 4 February 2020 on Playz,[4] RTVE's platform dedicated to streaming content for young people.
RTVE granted TV3 the broadcasting rights of the series in exchange for the first season of Merlí.[9] The first two episodes debuted in prime time on TV3 on 29 June 2020.[9] The airing of the first two episodes on TV3 sparked a great deal of controversy and public debate in Catalonia, with online critics decrying the presence of the Spanish language in the Catalan public broadcaster surfaced, further increasing after the Catalan culture minister Mariàngela Vilallonga joined the critics, defending that "there is too much Castilian (Spanish) in TV3".[10][4][8]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Yuri" | Ginesta Guindal | 4 February 2020 |
| 2 | "Quim" | Ginesta Guindal | 4 February 2020 |
| 3 | "Senyor X" | Ginesta Guindal | 4 February 2020 |
| 4 | "Eric" | Ginesta Guindal | 11 February 2020 |
| 5 | "Gorka" | Ginesta Guindal | 18 February 2020 |
| 6 | "Barbara" | Ginesta Guindal | 25 February 2020 |
References
edit- ^ "Elisabet Casanovas vuelve a las pantallas como protagonista de "Drama"". La Vanguardia. 10 January 2020.
- ^ Dios, Marisa de (15 March 2020). "Elisabet Casanovas: "El bilingüismo es una suma de riqueza cultural"". El Periódico.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Puig, Francesc (10 February 2020). "'Drama' trae a la televisión la angustia del aborto en clave de comedia". La Vanguardia.
- ^ a b c Costas, Nayín (30 June 2020). "La serie 'Drama' (RTVE) salta a TV3 con polémica por su bilingüismo: "De guionista a genocida en un día"". El Confidencial.
- ^ Burdeus, Joan (30 June 2020). "'Drama' i el plaer de follar-se la llengua". Núvol.
- ^ "La serie de TVE y El Terrat 'Drama' da el salto de Playz a TV3". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 22 June 2020.
- ^ "'Drama', de Playz a TV3". Cine y Tele. 25 June 2020.
- ^ a b Gutiérrez, Àlex; Palés, Alejandra (July 2020). "El debat sobre el castellà a TV3 torna al primer pla amb 'Drama'". Ara.
- ^ a b Solà Gimferrer, Pere (30 June 2020). "El paso de 'Drama' por TV3 deviene en drama por la notable presencia del castellano en la serie". La Vanguardia.
- ^ "El Govern catalán, contra TV3 por emitir una serie bilingüe en castellano". Bluper. El Español. 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Drama". TV Time. Retrieved 5 April 2021.