The actor, playwright and national theater director Rodrigo Bastidas briefly commented on the complaint against Cristián Campos and took advantage of the occasion to make a severe criticism of Chilean journalism and the media..
These days, Bastidas is part of the cast, as well as directing, the play “Reunión de Apoderados”, in which Campos was considered to act, but the project was abandoned before its premiere when the lawsuit became public for sexual abuse filed against him.
Recommended:
The scriptwriter was also consulted about cancellation as a social phenomenon by Eduardo de la Iglesia in this Thursday’s edition of “Everything is going to be fine”, on Vía X screens.
Likewise, as a backdrop, the host of the program also He mentioned the circumstances of the actor Cristián Campos’ withdrawal from the stage play.
“From day one we said that we were not going to refer to the issue and he made that decision (to leave)”Rodrigo pointed out.
Bastidas also explained that “He made the decision to defend himself and resigned from the work, so we made a statement as a group saying that we respected his decision and that was that.”.
Criticism of the Chilean media
Meanwhile, as a closely linked issue, the former cast member of the television series “Machos” expressed He could not refer to the “cancel culture,” given that “anything I say here is going to be related to Cristián.”
“If I make a comment regarding the cancellation, The most likely thing is that they will combine that with Campos and tomorrow it will appear in any newspaper”, he explained.
In this sense, he denounced that “Today, in journalism, what they want is the wedge, the phrase to be able to hang on to that and make another story. That happens today with all issues.”
“It seems to me that journalism in Chile is in crisis and the media is one of the main people responsible for what is happening in this country.”, criticized the actor and screenwriter.
“It seems to me that they are working in the wrong way, we are not emphasizing what is really important”, he argued regarding the press system in Chile.
