Plan Z was a

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Chilean TV show broadcast between 1997 and 1998 in the now-defunct Chilean TV channel ''Canal 2 Rock & Pop'', made up of short sketches, usually containing absurdist

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and sometimes politically incorrect humor, created by Angel Carcavilla, Carolina Delpiano,

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and Alvaro Díaz. It would often show parodies of real life situations, ridiculized stereotypes, and elements that made fun of a post-dictatorship Chile through

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. Its name is based on " Plan Z", which was a supposed plan by the Salvador Allende administration to commit a self-coup in an attempt to establish a Marxist state with the help of the MIR and of the

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. The existence of this plan was supposedly confirmed by the military, but the

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later confirmed that it was just a product of

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. The show would be given various sanctions from the

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due to some of the more controversial actions of the show, such as making fun of the Bible in one of the sketches called "''Noche de Libros: La Biblia''" and ridiculizing Salvador Allende in "''Vuestros Hombres, Valientes Soldados''". In January 1998, after having gained eight charges overall, the broadcast of the show was cancelled, without ever finishing its second season.{{Cite web, last=Alejandro Morales Vargas, date=2004, title=El factor Peirano, url=http://www.periodismo.uchile.cl/noticias/2002/peirano.html, url-status=live, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=27 August 2020, website=Escuela de Periodismo, language=Spanish

Members

The crew of ''Plan Z'' was made up of various journalists, writers, actors, and actresses: * Ángel Carcavilla; then-journalist and publicist. * Carolina Delpiano; TV hostess and actress. *

; literary critic and writer. * Álvaro Díaz; journalist and TV producer. *

; journalist and TV producer. * Vanessa Miller; actress, writer, dancer, and TV hostess. *

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; graphic designer and writer.

References

Chilean comedy television series Spanish-language television shows 1997 Chilean television series debuts 1998 Chilean television series endings 1990s Chilean television series

Members

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