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‘Irish cliche bingo’: critics pan Obamas’ Netflix comedy drama Bodkin

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Bodkin actors — Will Forte as Gilbert Power, Siobhán Cullen as Dove, and Robyn Cara as Emmy Sizergh in Bodkin. Photograph: Enda Bowe/Netflix

When Barack and Michelle Obama visited Ireland in 2011 they drank Guinness, visited the birthplace of the president’s great-great-great-grandfather and made pitch-perfect jokes and speeches. The reception was rapturous.

Their current foray into Irish culture is proving more divisive. The Obamas are not here in person but as executive producers of a comedy drama series, Bodkin, set in Ireland, which launched this week on Netflix. Reviews have been polarising.

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