Viral (web series)

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Viral
Viral Title.jpg
Created by Fábio Porchat
Written by Fábio Porchat
Starring Gregório Duvivier
Fábio Porchat
Antonio Pedro Tabet
Thati Lopes
Country of originBrazil
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Production locations Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Running time15 minutes
Production company Porta dos Fundos
Original release
Network YouTube
ReleaseApril 5, 2014 (2014-04-05)

Viral is a Brazilian comedy web series by comedy group Porta dos Fundos, in which Gregório Duvivier stars as Beto, a man who after discovering that is carrying the HIV virus, decides to seek the latest eight women with whom he had sexual intercourse to give the news and try to find out who is the possible transmitter. [1]

Contents

The series consists of four webisodes, the first webisode premiered on April 5, 2014 at the Porta dos Fundos' YouTube channel. [2]

Webisodes

Episode numberOriginal air dateDirected byWritten byCast
1April 5, 2014Ian SBF Fábio Porchat Gregório Duvivier, Fábio Porchat and Thati Lopes
2April 12, 2014Ian SBFFábio PorchatGregório Duvivier, Fábio Porchat, Rafael Infante, Carol Abras and Nataly Mega
3April 19, 2014Ian SBFFábio PorchatGregório Duvivier, Fábio Porchat, Clarice Falcão, Renata Ricci, Julia Rabello and Fernanda Rodrigues
4April 26, 2014Ian SBFFábio PorchatGregório Duvivier, Fábio Porchat, Mabel Cezar, Juliana Knust, Letícia Guimarães, Antonio Tabet and Camillo Borges

Conception

Porchat came up with the idea for Viral during a trip to Africa, a continent where HIV/AIDS is a serious public health issue. The inspiration came after he watched the film 50/50 , in which the young Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) discovers he has cancer and learns to deal with the problem with the support of a friend. Another inspiration was the episode "Sex Ed" of the American television comedy series The Office , in which the character Michael Scott (Steve Carell) contacts all his ex-girlfriends after being told that his cold sore is a form of herpes. [3]

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References

  1. "Porta dos Fundos faz humor 'a sério' em seriado sobre aids" (in Portuguese). Veja. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  2. "Porta dos Fundos "Viral": assista ao trailer do primeiro seriado do canal que vai falar sobre AIDS". Brasil Post. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
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