Cape Town – South African television channel e.tv has faced backlash after announcing that it would be airing the film Anaconda this weekend.
The channel announced the news on its Twitter page.
“Can you guess this Saturday’s 8PM movie?,” wrote e.tv in an Instagram post.
Can you guess this Saturday’s 8PM movie? pic.twitter.com/rCJeWiZsTB
— @etv (@etv) January 13, 2022
According to The South African, Anaconda is a 1997 film that focuses on a killer snake in the South American jungle.
Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Jon Voight star in it.
The film has long been regarded as one of the channel’s go-to films.
Many tweeps expressed their displeasure, saying that they had had enough of watching Anaconda for the “gazillionth time”.
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Interestingly, a few years ago e.tv promised its viewers that it would be broadcasting Anaconda for the last time as a “final premier”, said the report.
Responding to the negative intake of its viewers, e.tv used their trending status to clap back at critics.
“We hope you find someone to love you as much as we love #Anaconda Clearly, we aren’t afraid of snakes,” the channel wrote in a Twitter post.
We hope you find someone to love you as much as we love #Anaconda
Clearly, we aren’t afraid of snakes ? pic.twitter.com/pZn4fwzrhE
— @etv (@etv) January 13, 2022
Local celebrities and politicians such as Pearl Thusi and Mmusi Maimane have also hopped in the anaconda fiasco, expressing their displeasure on the channel’s repetition of movies.
See some of the reactions below:
You are behaving like the ANC now. You can’t still be showing Anaconda in 2022. https://t.co/SE43XWoHu9
— Mmusi Maimane (@MmusiMaimane) January 13, 2022
You guys really need a better team to push old and non stop repeat content. Y’all been playing this movie since I was my daughters age. Stop it. https://t.co/arjcd7RzqH
— Pearl Thusi (@PearlThusi) January 13, 2022
Your marketing person is sleeping. Anaconda came out in 1997. You could’ve given this week’s screening sentimental value. “25 Years of Anaconda.” Give it new life. If you’re gonna play it every few weeks, put your back into it Nani ? https://t.co/8WPPTWnEH5
— Ms Party (@Olwee) January 13, 2022
At this point we have to admit that no country has watched Anaconda times more than us. https://t.co/YslyuS31cH
— Simon (@simon_orgill) January 13, 2022
Anaconda has your nudes. https://t.co/WNMpLpkwSy
— ? (@ayanda_malik) January 13, 2022
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
