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Casablanca- For many years Morocco has been a favorite photo shoot destination for international filmmakers because of its rich architecture, warm weather, and interesting history. Now Morocco is becoming the trendy place to produce television shows.
The producers of a popular TV program in Colombia recently chose Morocco to film the show’s 2014 series. However, it caused a controversy in Colombia because of the nude scenes that were filmed.
As MWN reported in May, the Colombian reality TV game show Desafio Marruecos is being filmed in Fez, Morocco’s spiritual capital. But the producer of the TV show is under criticism for not respecting the culture of the host country.
According to Colombian TV show “Doble Via”, Dasafio Marruecos is stirring up controversy in Colombia due to the appearance of female and male actors nude while taking a shower. The presenter of the TV show added that the camera filmed both female and male actors naked, which elicited the condemnation of a large number of Colombian viewers.
“More than 200 viewers wrote to us to condemn this content, which [does not bring any added value to the viewer,” the presenter of the TV show said.
“Many consider this show to be a family show viewed also by many kids, and it is not right to shamelessly show vulgarity and exhibitionistic scenes,” said another journalist who was reading the complaints of viewers.
Other viewers said that the nude scenes were disrespectful to the Moroccan women who cover their hair in accordance with their culture.
“We have listened with attention to our viewers, and they are obviously right, especially those people who argued to us that it is a lack of respect to Moroccan women living in small villages who cover their head, in line with their culture.”
Other viewers pointed out that the scenes that appeared on the May 29 episode of Desafio Marruecos go against the campaign that has been launched by the channel Caracol, in which it urges men not to harass or abuse women and calls on society not to turn women into a sexual objects.
Edited by Elisabeth Myers
