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Netflix tells writers to have characters "announce what they're doing" (www.worldofreel.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

so that viewers who have a program on in the background can follow along without having to miss plot strands

So the people who don't give a crap about what you wrote can keep not giving it a crap, uh.

[–] jaybone 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Seriously if this is how you choose to watch something, then you should expect to be missing stuff. Go get an audio book instead if thats how you prefer to consume entertainment.

[–] frunch 13 points 1 week ago

I agree with your take--when applied to the viewer.

This is Netflix going out of their way to coddle viewers and make it easier to continue scrolling on their phones while the movie plays...their goal is to keep people paying the monthly subscription--if it means making movies that are super low-effort to watch, you can absolutely bet on them exploiting it.

[–] TwoBeeSan 2 points 1 week ago

Considering the amount of "haha on my phone while watching x" adhd or other memes make me think this is a natural progression for our shrinking attentions.

Must be disrespectful as a writer to be told this.

Hope this kills netflix.