Aleesha Hansel
A LEADING American TV producer has been forced to deny he is stirring up political conflict with a new show about an American battalion fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
The Wire creator David Simon has based his series A Dry Run on a group of Americans who came to fight against former dictator Franco in the 1930s.
Created in collaboration with Barcelona-based Mediapro, it tells of the bravery of the legion, who fought for the democratically-elected Republic.
However, Simon has been accused of ‘trying to start another civil war’ by various Twitter followers.
One described it as a ‘very sad episode…which should not be taken lightly.’
Simon, however, defended the series insisting that while he was aware that ‘many in Spain preferred no reflections on the past’, as a journalist he did not agree.
His critically-acclaimed show The Wire was described as ‘the best TV series ever’ by the Guardian.
The Civil War and Franco dictatorship remain a deeply sensitive issue in Spain, with recent events in Catalunya leading to accusations of the government being fascist.
