Why Non Spanish Speaking Power Fans Are Angry At Netflix

If anyone is talking about power today it’s more than likely not a reference to the likes of Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin, instead it is referring to the hit American crime drama series which  originally premiered on Starz. The show which is simply named Power premiered in June 2014 and is centred around the story of its main character called James St. Patrick also known as “Ghost” who is a husband and father.

James runs a popular nightclub in New Your City called Truth. Besides being a family man and business man James is also a major player in a drug ring amassing millions of dollars at which point he is now trying to get out of the drug game in order to focus on his more legitimate ventures. He also battles between choosing to stay with his wife and mother of his children when he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart which has contributed to all the drama we all crave in a series. The show has cast actors/characters from diverse backgrounds and in turn you will often hear the characters speak in languages such as Albanian where the Albanian Mafia are after Ghost or conversations in Spanish. These Non-English conversations on the show are very limited and when they do occur subtitles and transcriptions are often available for the viewer.

**Minor Spoiler Alert**

In the most recent episode which appeared on Netflix one of the main characters Angela Valdez who is James’s childhood sweetheart is shown speaking to her sister about knowing about some valuable evidence which sufficed suggesting that he was innocent of a murder he was accused of. For most of the conversation she is heard speaking to her sister in Spanish however there was no Spanish translation provided! Now for anyone who has been following Power knows how passionate the fans of power are often flocking to social media platforms like Instagram or Twitter to vent their frustrations at the actors playing the characters despite this being all fictional. The fact that people could not understand what was being said in Spanish sparked many angry fans to take to twitter and bash Netflix on the mishap.

One viewer Gustavo took to twitter and wrote “The makers of Power must’ve just assumed everyone learned how to understand Spanish in episode 5 with these non subtitled conversations ?”.

The makers of Power must’ve just assumed everyone learned how to understand Spanish in episode 5 with these non subtitled conversations ?

— Gustavo (@delanowebley) July 25, 2017

Another twitter user called ‘Warning Track Power’ vented their frustration and tweeted “Don’t call asking if we speak Spanish. This is America we speak English or get yourself a damn translator”.

Don’t call asking if we speak Spanish. This is America we speak English or get yourself a damn translator

— Warning Track Power (@Butta1231) July 24, 2017

More tweets surfaced with some directing their frustrations directly @Netflix:

*Angela and her sister switching from English to Spanish during their conversation*

Me tryna figure out why:#Power #PowerTV pic.twitter.com/j2jjCvIz2G

— Unknown Beauty (@2beAbeauty) July 23, 2017

Why has power not put subtitles on any the Spanish for that episode do a look like a understand it ???

— Gary (@gspence26) July 24, 2017

@NetflixUK there were no subtitles during this episode of Power for the Spanish speaking scenes!! Can this be fixed?

— Cam (@Camz_Rozay) July 24, 2017

One thing for sure is that Power fans are extremely passionate about the show and its characters. Surely someone at Netflix is fixing the technical glitch that occurred or perhaps Netflix requires some professional translation services?