Date 28/11/2015 - News People
HBO comedy "The Brink" is following in the footsteps of "Homeland" and is not going so well with the viewers in Pakistan ? those who can get their hands on it, anyway. Featuring Tim Robbins as the U.S. Secretary of State and Jack Black as a bumbling foreign staffer, the one-season wonder was dropped last month after U.S. viewing figures dipped well below 1 million. In Pakistan, "The Brink" sparked a similar backlash to last year's Showtime's award-winning "Homeland"? which critics alleged portrayed the country in a negative and one-dimensional way. Although intended to be comedic,"The Brink" is filled with stereotypes: military coups, corrupt generals, nuclear war and assassinated prime ministers.
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