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Greek state television came under fire from the country's main
opposition party and critics for editing out a gay kiss on Monday's
primetime premiere of popular British period drama Downton Abbey.
Greeks took to social networking sites such as Twitter to complain
about the NET channel's decision to axe a scene from episode one of the
first series showing a kiss between a visiting duke and Downton's
unscrupulous footman Thomas. NET defended its move, citing parental
guidance viewing rules.
"As incredible as it may seem for a
democratic country in the 21st century, officials of the NET television
channel censored the scene of a kiss between men from the TV drama
Downton Abbey," the SYRIZA party said in a statement.
"This is of
course an obvious case of censorship, an extreme act of homophobia and
discrimination which unfortunately, after what has been happening
recently, we cannot characterize as unprecedented."
One SYRIZA
lawmaker, Dimitris Papadimoulis, questioned whether the omission was due
to pressure from the far-right Golden (GD) Dawn party or religious
authorities with a tweet asking: "NET 'cut' a gay kiss on the premiere
of a top TV series. Who decided this censorship? (Bishop) Seraphim of
Piraeus and GD?"
Greek state television said the kiss was not
censored but rather edited out to comply with rules on the time slot and
parental consent label given to the show, which was aired at 10:05 p.m.
An unedited version will be broadcast later on Tuesday night, it said.
"The
love affair between the two men... was not censored," said Costas
Spyropoulos, managing director of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation.
"The kiss was not shown because of the time the programme was broadcast
and the corresponding parental guidance warnings."
Greece has
seen an upsurge in right-wing extremism since a national election in
June ushered the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party to parliament for
the first time in its history.
The latest controversy comes days
after dozens of demonstrators, including Golden Dawn lawmakers, clashed
with police outside an Athens theatre and forced the postponement of an
American play that depicts Jesus and his apostles as gay.
Television
images showed bearded black-robed priests with crosses in their hands
tearing up posters promoting the play, while one woman was shown giving a
Nazi-style salute.
The third series of Downton is currently being broadcast to British ITV audiences on Sunday evenings.
Reuters
