Terra Field, a trans Netflix employee who denounced Dave Chappelle’s “attacks [on] the trans community” in his new special “The Closer,” has elaborated on her criticis…
On Monday, Field shared an online essay titled “It Was Never About Dave”. Field begins the essay by recounting a similar internal backlash that followed Netflix’s release of Chappelle’s previous special “Sticks & Stones” in 2019.
Field continues, clarifying that her criticisms are directed towards Netflix’s defenses for releasing the special. Last Wednesday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, arguing that the company has “a strong belief that content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” “When a company like Netflix says something like, ‘We do not believe this content is harmful to the transgender community,’ you can be virtually certain that not a single trans person was involved in that decision,” Field continues.
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