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The executive producer on Netflix's The Witcher has blamed American audiences and social media sites such as TikTok for…

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know what you meant. There is such a thing as self-hatred, or thinking you're the only exceptional member of a group. And there's also such a thing as don't trash the majority with the actions of a small minority, particularly a small minority that thinks they are better than the majority.

My point is that the reason this was dumbed down is that movie execs THINK Americans need that, not that Americans need that. Movie execs just think the average American is dumber than a movie exec.