Trump Documentary on Netflix

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(01-07-2019, 04:42 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: With respect, that's a poor analogy.  A publisher contracts for the person to provide a book.  Netflix gave the Obama's money to generate content for their service.  If either Obama had a history in the entertainment field one could view this differently.  Neither has anything remotely close to that.  Additionally, a book is a stand alone work.  Either Obama is more than qualified to write a book on their experiences and as significant people in US history anyone would want to publish such works.  This is nothing akin to being a contant developer for a streaming service.


Quite honestly, I gave this some thought over that past week or so.  I think my reticence has more to do with being bone tired of the current political scene.  A lot of legitimate criticism of Trump gets drowned out by "Orange Man Bad" and I'm not trying to sift through the crap to find the nugget of gold.  One need look at this board as a microcosm of that.  In essence my statement had more to do with being tired of the subject in general, but I stated it poorly. 

Both are contracts to produce work that is considered of entertainment or educational value. It's completely unprecedented, but that fact doesn't create some inherent bias. Netflix is banking on Obama content being marketable and profitable just as a publisher banks on written work to be the same.