Shonda Rhimes’s recently dropped period series Bridgerton—which is her much-anticipated debut original for Netflix as a producer—also helped the bottom line, though Netflix was coy about just how. The show “has proven immensely popular,” the shareholder letter read, “and we’ll have some exciting news about Bridgerton later this week.” Stay tuned. … [Read more...] about Netflix soars to more than 200 million subscribers. What you need to know
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‘We got a long way to go’: Netflix releases its first company inclusion report
“Diversity or representation is really about the numbers, but inclusion is about the quality of the experience and the ways in which that environment is allowing people to show up [as] their best selves,” Myers says. “A lot of the work is qualitative. You got to figure out what are people feeling, what are they experiencing, and what do we need to do in order to make sure that there is opportunity, fairness, a lack of bias, that kind of thing.” … [Read more...] about ‘We got a long way to go’: Netflix releases its first company inclusion report
The Other Legacy: Inside Collaboration Lab Oscilloscope
Part of the collaborative process with each filmmaker involves coming up with a tailor-made, idiosyncratic approach to a film’s release. One of the company’s recent triumphs was the concert documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, about the now-defunct band LCD Soundsystem. Oscilloscope released the movie in just a handful of theaters as a one-night only event on July 18. “We created a fleetingness, I suppose, to the theatrical element and built up a demand for it that transcended the standard base who would support a film like this,” Berger says. … [Read more...] about The Other Legacy: Inside Collaboration Lab Oscilloscope
The Animated Workplace: Dreamworks’ “Six Pack” Approach To Building A Culture Of Creativity
When you’re watching a Dreamworks Animation movie like How to Train Your Dragon, you’re probably getting pulled into the delightful, thrilling story line, not thinking about how many people it takes to, say, make the fire breath look realistic. But Dan Satterthwaite, the head of human resources for Dreamworks Animation, and his colleagues spend lots of time thinking about the best way for teams of creatives, physicists, and software engineers to work together to make the best damn dragons in the business. … [Read more...] about The Animated Workplace: Dreamworks’ “Six Pack” Approach To Building A Culture Of Creativity
Why the Hot Dog Costume Guy meme perfectly captures the downfall of Trump
Hot Dog Costume Guy is actually Tim Robinson, cocreator and star of the Netflix sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave. Debuting in the spring of 2019, the show quickly earned a massive cult following for its all-killer-no-filler first season that clocked in at a lean 90 minutes. Within weeks of its release, ITYSL spawned an entire repertoire of catchphrases for comedy nerds, along with one ubiquitous meme, the Focus Group Guy. Over time, however, fan attention online has migrated more toward another sketch, one that has recently become eminently relevant. … [Read more...] about Why the Hot Dog Costume Guy meme perfectly captures the downfall of Trump