Contagion, storm of criticism for the film in a pandemic broadcast by Canale5: “Who is the sadist who broadcast it?” “Evil Palimpsest”

Is it correct to broadcast a movie about the pandemic in the midst of the pandemic? This is the question that many social users have asked broadcast on Canale 5 Contagion, 2011 movie directed by Steven soderbergh, somewhat prophetic and capable of causing concern seen nine years later. The film talks about a virus that MEV-1 reminiscent of COVID-19 in almost all points: the same origin (it comes from China but the animal responsible is the pig), the underestimation by the authorities, the confinement, the search for patient zero, social distancing, quarantine , masks, gloves, shopping lines, the same symptoms with high fever and cough. And yet the conspiracy, the search for the vaccine, the red areas, the military trucks that remove the coffins and even the now-known “will be fine.”

Leading names of weight: de Marion Cotillard to Matt Damonof Jude Law to Gwyneth Paltrowof Kate Winslet to Laurence Fishnurne. And, not to be underestimated, a script made with the advice of American academics Centers for Disease Control. One choice, Canale 5, which sparked comments: “But who is the sadistic madman who decided to cast a movie about a pandemic overnight during a pandemic? I mean, it’s like watching ‘The Flight’ by plane “, “I think a more perverse, foolish, and counterproductive show than tonight’s Channel 5 show has never been done in 66 years of television,” universe has a great sense of humor “,”Have you noticed very little publicity during the Contagion movie? I think advertisers have stayed away. “” In my opinion, it was De Luca who asked to broadcast this film. “

All seasoned with memes, gifs and photomontages, but also defensive comments about the choice of Canale 5 and the timing of the calendar: “I’m the only one who thinks that instead of transmitting #contagion was one of the few Guessed and smart moves made by Mediaset in the past few weeks?. The night was presented by The Matrix directed by Nicola Porro, hit by the Coronavirus and healed, who then performed a special on the emergency after the movie aired.

Much more noise on social media than on the ear front, the film was watched by 3,334,000 viewers with 12.4%. However, positive numbers, by virtue of the results Canale 5 often gets in primetime even with unpublished products and movies. The last replica of the film was broadcast on October 28, 2018, at a different historical moment, it had only obtained 500 thousand viewers with a participation of 2.3%. The Matrix special to follow stuck 1,656,000 viewers to the screen with an 11.76% participation.