Is Netflix Giving Us A ‘Woke Slight Of Hand’ Or Are They Genuine?
On May 13, Netflix released a long memo to its employees which essentially comes down to: “Depending on your role, you may need to work on titles you perceive to be harmful. If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.”
Countless outlets reported this juicy bit of news and my own Twitter feed lit up like a Christmas tree; from Elon Musk to Jordan Peterson, to all the soldiers in the heterodox camp like Lindsay, Rufo, Shapiro, and more. The replies to this news ranged from it being a step in the right direction, or, for some, it seems like this is all that was needed to forgive Netflix altogether. Just like a magician waving its wand, one press release was enough to trick us into changing our views of the company, but was it a wave of the wand or sleight of hands?
