Ukraine's culture minister has described the portrayal of a character from Kiev as 'insulting'.
According to Ukrainian media, Mr Tkachenko has sent a letter to the streaming service about the portrayal of Petra."The way you treated the image of Ukrainians in your second season, 4th episode is such a low cost trick, absolute scandal and a shame," Yevheniya Havrylko wrote in an Instagram post, which has had more than 75,000 likes.
Others have chosen to defend the show, like Ukrainian film producer Natalka Yakymovych who said: "So in a TV series, negative characters can be anything but Ukrainian? Obviously, we all would like her to be from Moscow, but you don't always get what you want."When the first season was released, it was criticised, particularly in France, for promoting stereotypical images of the city and its residents.
Darren Star, creator of the show, was defended the series at the time, saying he was "not sorry for looking at Paris through a glamorous lens"."I wanted to showcase Paris in a really wonderful way that would encourage people
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