Wes Davis
The Netflix effect.
Here’s a nice, long read from n+1 on Netflix’s victims, from Blockbuster to residuals for TV and film creators (which it now must pay) to the Hollywood film, buried in what author Will Tavlin calls the Typical Netflix Movie:
From the outside, the TNM looks ... designed to cater to each of Netflix’s two thousand “taste clusters,” the genre-like groupings Netflix uses to ... recommend films and shows to subscribers. The TNM covers every niche interest and identity category in existence, such as a movie about a tall girl, Tall Girl, but also Horse Girl, Skater Girl, Sweet Girl, Lost Girls, and Nice Girls.
