“Those comedians who are good at what they do are always testing the audience,” the Netflix executive said amid ongoing backlash over the comics’ stand-up specials.
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“The stuff I want to do is a little bit more edgy, a little more highbrow, a little more heady,” Barris said. “I think Netflix wants down the middle.”
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Netflix’s chief content office Ted Sarandos says streaming numbers are surging as subscribers across the world practice social distancing.
The streamer is committing $15 million of the fund to “third parties and non-profits providing emergency relief to out-of-work crew and cast.”
The Hollywood studios and their theater partners are not fans of Netflix, but the PGA celebrates Netflix’s Ted Sarandos as an innovator.
He says Netflix is essential — for cultural conversations, for cinephiles searching for movies studios don’t make anymore, for the masses seeking to be entertained.
