New York. servant of the peopleThe satirical series that introduced Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, will be broadcast again in the United States via Netflix, which announced Wednesday, as the former comedian achieved “hero” status in Russia’s invasion of his country.
“They ask for him and he comes back! servant of the people Now available again on Netflix in the US,” the US platform announced on Twitter, coinciding with Zelensky’s emotional speech this Wednesday by video conference in front of the US Congress, where he was lauded.
You ordered and returned!
Servant of the People is again available on Netflix in the US. The 2015 satirical sitcom stars Volodymyr Zelensky as a teacher who unexpectedly becomes president after a video of him complaining about corruption went viral. pic.twitter.com/Pp9f48jutF
—Netflix (netflix) March 16, 2022
Like an obsession, a theme servant of the people, released in 2015, is the unexpected selection of a history professor to lead Ukraine. With a sense of humor, the series denounces political corruption in the country.
A scenario whose tremendous success in the country opened the door to Zelensky’s political career, and he was elected president of the country in 2019 with more than 70% of the vote, with the support of a party named after the series.
The French-German channel Arte broadcasts servant of the people On his Arte.tv page since November 19, he highlighted the “growing interest” that the series has generated. As of March 2, the show was viewed 800,000 times and a few days later it hit a million times again.
From the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Channel 4 in the UK, ANT 1 in Greece or PRO TV in Romania joined TV channels that negotiated the rights to the series.
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