Posted on 10/21/2021 10:33:51 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is speaking out over continued criticism of the Dave Chappelle comedy special “The Closer.”
On the eve of a planned employee walkout at the streaming giant — organized by trans and LGBTQ+ staffers, content creators and allies — Sarandos addressed numerous points related to recent jokes from Chappelle that have incensed the trans community and been labeled as harmful.
The events around “The Closer” have represented a rare blunder for Sarandos and Netflix, whose deep pockets and warm relationships with talent have been transformative for the global entertainment sector for close to a decade. In our conversation, he admits up front that he “screwed up” in the handling of employee concerns, and talks more specifically about what the company does and does not consider hate speech.
Do you have any regrets about how this process was handled, especially in your internal communication with employees?
Ted Sarandos: Obviously, I screwed up that internal communication. I did that, and I screwed it up in two ways. First and foremost, I should have led with a lot more humanity. Meaning, I had a group of employees who were definitely feeling pain and hurt from a decision we made. And I think that needs to be acknowledged up front before you get into the nuts and bolts of anything. I didn’t do that. That was uncharacteristic for me, and it was moving fast and we were trying to answer some really specific questions that were floating. We landed with some things that were much more blanket and matter-of-fact that are not at all accurate.
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I think these headlines are misleading. He didn’t pull the show, or suggest it shouldn’t have been released.
I would offer no response to tranny freak lovers.
It’s hard for me to figure out if he intends to cave, but then he will have other employees, who will be hurt and disappointed. 😀🤗
Just watched it with my husband, we’re not really sure why people have their panties in a twist.
He was very empathetic to people who struggle.
I think you have forgotten, the other side will accept no opposition. Reasoning isn't in their play book.
The Davies brothers, et al saw it coming 50 years ago.
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For ANY joke to be "harmful", wouldn't it also need to be true? Otherwise, why could it be harmful if it is merely a lie?
How about instead let them walk out, fire them. Be done with the perverts.
“employees who were definitely feeling pain”?
Guess I am going to have to start listening to this Chappelle guy, I always wanted some WORDS THAT CAUSE PAIN!
I started it with my woman. I only got about 15 minutes in. He was just too filthy to watch in mixed company. His old stuff was funny as hell. I turned it off.
STFU, Teddy.
Your beloved alphabets are hypocritical scumbags.
One of my favorites is Chris Rock. Very funny comedian, then turned in a great dramatic performance on Fargo.
I really hate all these sniveling little worms that do the mea culpa routine when they encounter the smallest push-back.
The problem here, if he were to cut all of Chappelle’s products on Netflix....I’d take a guess that a quarter of the ‘clients’ would exit within ten days. They can survive, but on scaring stock-holders...it’d trigger a downward motion on stock price ($653 currently). I’d take a guess of a hundred-dollar loss in a matter of just a week.
Their problem is....there’s plenty of competition out there from other ‘streaming-units’, and Chappelle would end up with them.
Another thing....in the black community, Chappelle is like Elvis. He’s attained a status and you’d just be inviting a lot of criticism from that community.
You mean like assisting the Obama's with producing their own politically-driven pap and airing it on Neflix? Why don't you just fill a brown paper bag with several million dollars each year and give it to them? It would save all of us having to click past that garbage.
Same here. I can tolerate “filthy”...the wife won’t. Not to mention, out of respect for my wife, I would not subject her to this stuff.
He’s better off having disappointed employees than having Chapelle’s undivided attention.
What do they want? For him to stand at the door handing out crying towels.
Somebody needs to remind employees that they don’t own or run the company! (The same, BTW, applies to the labor unions).
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