Netflix viewers have been left ‘sickened’ by a controversial series that includes graphic scenes.
Fans of the streaming giant are threatening to cancel their subscriptions over the TV drama that’s airing now.
Based on the life of an adult star, it’s sparked a heated debate with viewers due to certain scenes.
A clip of the divisive show was shared, then quickly deleted, on Netflix’s official Instagram account – while online it garnered a lot of negative feedback.
One person wrote: “Now we have p*** on Netflix as well? Canceling the account while we speak, my kids can’t see this.”
Another agreed: “Isn’t this inappropriate for a platform where KIDS FOLLOW YOU?!”
“Are we just making p*** mainstream now? It’s pretty sickening that there is no warning on explicit content like this,” a third viewer questioned. “Yet women who post a picture breastfeeding are flagged. This should be a separate category on Netflix if you want to put stuff like this out.”
“I’m not sure I like the direction Netflix is going,” a further concerned fan opined.
Somebody else penned: “It’s really sad that this is accepted in modern culture. The hyper-s**ualisation of our society and generation is depressing and degrading to the value of both genders.”
The platform describes the show, inspired by true events, as ‘the story of how Rocco Siffredi escaped a humble life and emerged as the world’s greatest p*** star.’
In its official synopsis for the show, IMDb adds: “Siffredi’s family, his origins, his relationship, and the context that led him to embark on his path in p****graphy and accept that the demon in his body is compatible with love.”
The seven-part series, called Supers**, stars Alessandro Borghi as Siffredi, who starred in over 1,500 X-rated films.
Francesca Manieri, the filmmaker behind the series, tells The Independent: “My goal was to put men in front of themselves.
“This is what we call the phallocentric system, the system in which the d*** is the centrum of the thought before everything.
“So what can you do right now, 2024, to understand the relationship between men and women? And how can men put themselves in front of the image of their symbolic d*** and try to deconstruct all of this?”
Despite the controversy, the film has generated some positive reviews from critics.
Rohan Naahar writes for the Indian Times: “Borghi is endlessly watchable, even when the show threatens to fly off the rails. He gives Siffredi, who could’ve very easily come across as a detestable man, a sense of vulnerability.
“It also helps that the character – at least the version of him created for the show – is always the first to point out his flaws. Self-awareness goes a long way in earning the audience’s sympathies because there is no bigger turn-off than watching a loose cannon fire away, without having any sense of the damage they’re causing.”
Aramide Tinubu echoes in Variety: “Supers** isn’t just an examination of one man’s life and career but a look at the lives people create, however unconventional when they dare to move through the world as their most authentic selves.”
