In a brief interview with Deadline, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addresses the reaction to ‘The Closer’
while three others who had spoken up about it internally were suspended and then reinstated.the decision not to pull, edit or put a content warning on it; the internal handling of the controversy; as well as the now-infamous no “real-world harm” comment.What do you make of the way the reaction to Dave Chappelle’s special was handled by Netflix and by you?First, right upfront, I screwed up the internal communication — and I don’t mean just mechanically.
And the big blanket statement should’ve been, of course storytelling has an impact on the real world — sometimes positive and sometimes negative. That is why I work here, that content actually can make the world a better place through our storytelling, through onscreen representation and all those things. So it was a gross simplification. And It didn’t land where it should have, which is, there was a conversation about the one-to-one impact of a certain piece of content.
: Stand-up comedy is a pretty singular voice art form. The comedians will road test the material for some times two years before they record their special so we really don’t get involved and interfere with the material itself, and I think it’s consistent with a brand of stand-up comedy and certainly consistent with Dave Chappelle’s comedy, so I don’t think a warning card or an edit would’ve been appropriate.
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