Article 5TKF4 Ukraine’s culture minister blasts Emily in Paris over ‘unacceptable’ stereotype

Ukraine’s culture minister blasts Emily in Paris over ‘unacceptable’ stereotype

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Kate Abbott
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Oleksandr Tkachenko has complained to Netflix about the insulting caricature' of the character Petra in the much-derided hit show's second series

Ukraine's culture minister Oleksandr Tkachenko has issued a complaint to Netflix over its offensive stereotypical image of a Ukrainian character in its show Emily in Paris.

In a Telegram post, Tkachenko wrote: We have a caricature image of a Ukrainian woman that is unacceptable. It is also insulting. Is that how Ukrainians are seen abroad?"

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