Le Iene(Italian:[leˈjɛːne];lit. 'The Hyenas',referencing the Italian name ofQuentin Tarantino's 1992 movieReservoir Dogs) is an Italian television program.
The program
editLe Ieneis a television program broadcast on the Italian channelItalia 1.Beginning in 1997, it is a comedy/satirical show, with sketches and reports into political affairs and consumer issues.Le Ieneis based on an Argentine showCaiga Quien Caiga.BecauseLe Ienewas also the release name in Italy for the Tarantino's filmReservoir Dogs,all the presenters on the program wear (like the protagonists of the Tarantino's movie) trademark black suits, white shirts and black ties. Recurring features of the program, besides the reportage, are the double interviews in which two famous people are asked the same questions, and are edited together on a split-screen, side by side so that they answer one after the other. The first series was hosted bySimona Ventura,Dario CassiniandPeppe Quintale.Since then, many comedians, showgirl, presenter and actors have hosted, such as:Teo Mammucari,Luca Bizzarri,Paolo Kessisoglu,Ilary Blasi,Fabio Volo,Andrea Pellizzari,Alessia Marcuzzi,Miriam Leone,Belén Rodríguez[1]andLuciana Littizzetto.[2]It has featured several writers likeDavide Parenti,Lorenzo Maiello,Roberto Marcanti,Andrea Bempensante,andFabrizio Montagner.The Spanish version aired byTelecincohad to close due to poor ratings, but the program later returned and moved in 2008 to a new network,laSexta.
Controversies
editIn October 2006, reporterMatteo VivianifromLe Ienecovertly tested deputies of Italy's lower house of parliament for drugs, by claiming to be performing TV interviews about the budget, when in fact the "make-up artist" preparing the deputies for the camera was actually swabbing their faces for samples to be tested for drugs. Of the 50 samples from deputies, almost one third tested positive for drug use in the previous 36 hours; 12 forcannabisand 4 forcocaine.When deputies discovered the ruse, they lobbied, on privacy grounds, for the broadcast of the pertinent episode of the show to be blocked, which it was. Matteo Viviani and Davide Parenti had to pay €5000 to avoid going to prison.
In 2013, a report about the controversialstamina therapywas accused of causing pseudo-scientific misinformation.[3]
In October 2015,Stefano Corti,Alessando Onnis,and a cameraman fromLe Ienereportedly harassedMoto GPracerMarc Márquezin his garage. Márquez was earlier involved in a controversial collision withValentino Rossiat the 2015 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix. During the altercation, the reporters fromLe Ienereportedly attacked Márquez after the latter's father had asked them to leave.[4]
References
edit- ^"BOOM! Belen e Mammucari conducono le Iene. Saltato il ritorno di Alessia Marcuzzi".
- ^"- le Iene".
- ^"Le Iene e il pasticciaccio brutto di Stamina: Golia e soci bocciati in giornalismo".blogosfere.it.Retrieved24 June2017.
- ^Westbrook, Justin T."Moto GP Racer Involved In Controversial Crash Allegedly Assaulted By Reporters".jalopnik.Retrieved24 June2017.