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Chavo del 8-themed Pride Month event creates controversy among Internet users.
Let us remember that, with the arrival of June, Pride Month begins and, with it, a series of important activations.
June began and, with it, the LGBTTTIQ+ Pride Month, which is why, in Chile and Brazil, an event with the theme of ‘Chavo de 8’ was held that is generating great controversy on social networks.
It is no secret to anyone that El Chavo del 8, a character created and played by actor Roberto Gómez Bolañosbecame an icon in Latin America.
In countries like Chile, Brazil and Argentina, to name a few, the program that was broadcast on Televisa is one of the ones that has caught the audience the most, even becoming part of popular culture in those nations.
Mexico, of course, holds a great tribute to one of the most iconic childhood characters of thousands of people who grew up watching not only the Chavo del 8, but others like “Quico”, “Don Ramón”, “Doña Florinda”, “la Chilindrina”, among others.
This was the event of the month of Pride inspired by Chavo del 8
However, few imagine the great influence that the program has had on various industries, and we can verify this with an event that is generating great controversy on social networks.
According to what can be seen on platforms such as Twitter or TikTok, for several days he carried out, in Chile and Brazil, an event on the occasion of Pride Month called “Guapo” and inspired by the characters of El Chavo del 8.
Of course, it is a show in which the theme of inclusion it is an essential part of the event, especially in a context in which sexual freedom and tolerance are celebrated.
The event, according to what has been shared on TikTok, has erotic overtones, showing the characters of Chavo’s Neighborhood as, probably, few had seen them and in a totally different context from the one originally presented.
@brunohenc handsome guy part 2 #fyp
@brunohenc I asked so much, there is part 3 haha Festa Guapo – El Chavo #fyp
@brunohenc end part? Are there people, promise and divide hahaha? #Handsome – The kid #fyp
Those who have not remained silent are the Internet users, in whom, apparently, it has generated a great controversy to see the characters created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños in an event of such magnitude.
“Scenes deleted from the chapter in Acapulco”; “Hahaha, the neighborhood of the guy got very strange”; “What kind of neighborhood multiverse is this?”; “I don’t remember this episode of Chavo del 8”; are some of the reactions deposited in the comment box.
Inclusion or inclusive marketing is, without a doubt, one of the most important in recent years, especially because it starts from a need that audiences show every day.
In fact, day by day, these types of issues are becoming more important in industries, especially because we live in a society where, Increasingly, there is an appeal for sexual and gender freedom and demands to eradicate hate speech.
Based on this, let us remember that the LGBT+ Pride 2021 survey, which was conducted with a total of 19,069 online adults between the ages of 16 and 74 from 27 countries, revealed that, of this total number of people, 3 percent said to be lesbian, gay or homosexual; 7 percent bisexual; 1 percent asexual; and 1 percent chose the “other” option.