When to make a drama out of a crisis | Barbara Ellen

A production company’s failure to consult the grieving families of the 2015 Bataclan attacks before dramatising the tragedy lacks sensitivityThe broadcast of a French TV production about a fictional love affair that starts during the 2015 Bataclan terror attack in Paris, where 90 people were killed and many more injured, has been postponed after the wife of one of the victims started a petition, saying that it was hurtful and too soon after the attack.Now the channel (France 2) has held the project, Ce soir-là (That Night), while survivor’s groups are consulted, as perhaps they should have been in the first place. The views of grieving relatives should always be respected. Continue reading…
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