Whoa, talk about fascinating research. Netflix seems to have succeeded where everyone else in TV and films has failed: The company has discovered what it sees as a foolproof logarithm for creating shows and movies its audience wants to see. Does this mean creators – real creators – are doomed?
How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood
by Alexis C. Madrigal
If you use Netflix, you’ve probably wondered about the specific genres that it suggests to you. Some of them just seem so specific that it’s absurd. Emotional Fight-the-System Documentaries? Period Pieces About Royalty Based on Real Life? Foreign Satanic Stories from the 1980s?