ゼレンスキー氏主演コメディー、米ネトフリで再配信

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】米動画配信サービス「ネットフリックス」は１６日、ウクライナのウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー大統領（４４）がコメディー俳優時代に主演したドラマ「国民の奉仕者」を米国内で再配信すると発表した。（写真はウクライナのウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー大統領。同国大統領府提供）
　ネットフリックスはツイッターに「リクエストにお応えしました」と投稿した。
　「国民の奉仕者」はゼレンスキー氏演じる高校教師が突如大統領になる物語で、ウクライナで２０１５年から３シーズンにわたって放映され人気を博した。
　同氏はドラマの成功を足掛かりにドラマ名と同じ「国民の奉仕者」党を立ち上げ、１９年の大統領選に出馬。決選投票では７割を超す票を獲得した。
　米ネットフリックスは、１７～２１年にも同ドラマを配信している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/03/18-10:07）

The comedy satire in which Volodymyr Zelensky unexpectedly becomes Ukraine's president -- his now war-time job in real life -- will be aired again on Netflix, the streaming platform announced Wednesday.
The resurrection of the TV series Servant of the People comes amid a global outpouring of praise for the former comedian now leading his outgunned country's fight against the Russian invasion.
You asked and it's back, Netflix tweeted.
On Tuesday Zelensky received a standing ovation as he addressed the US Congress via video link with an impassioned plea for more weaponry and the establishment of a no-fly zone to help Ukraine survive the Russian invasion, which began February 24.
In the 2015 series, Zelensky, who is now 44, plays a teacher who unexpectedly becomes president after a video of him complaining about corruption goes viral.
It was a huge hit in Ukraine and launched Zelensky's career in politics. He was elected president in 2019 as the star of a party with the same name as the TV series. He got more than 70 percent of the votes.
The French-German TV channel Arte has been airing Servant of the People online since November 19, citing huge interest.
Since the first days of the invasion, channels that have acquired the rights to air the series include Channel 4 in Britain, ANT 1 in Greece and PRO TV in Romania.
The series was first on Netflix from 2017 to 2021.