Sarandos also justified that “it is difficult to distinguish between comment and harm, especially with stand-up comedy, which exists to push boundaries. Some people find that stand-up art has a mean spirit, but our members enjoy it and it is an important part of our content offering. “
Sarandos’ responses annoy even more
Although Field and his two colleagues have already returned to work, according to reports from The Verge, this same media cites that groups of trans employees within the company are planning a strike for October 20 in order to protest against the statements of Sarandos.
And it is that the executive has made more comments in this regard, which were not satisfactory to address the problem, according to the employees, such as that the company has a “long-term contract” with Chappelle, in addition to its 2019 special “Stick & Stones ”was also“ controversial ”, but was the“ most viewed and awarded to date ”.
In a second memo Sarandos wrote: “Our hope is that you can be inspired by understanding the world and at the same time living with titles that you firmly believe have no place on Netflix. This will not be the last title that will make some of you wonder if you can still love Netflix. “