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The executive producer on Netflix's The Witcher has blamed American audiences and social media sites such as TikTok for…

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[–] green_witch@beehaw.org 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, right.

I don't think any American was like "wow I want a shittier version of the Witcher to watch, that'd be sooo great!"

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

American test audiences literally said that for I Am Legend which combined with studios unopinionated cowardice caused them to ruin the ending, amongst many, many, many other times that test audiences have given bad artistic feedback.

His anger should probably be focused at the showrunner / studio, but I'm guessing he's not risking burning those bridges so is instead blaming the only other party in the decision making process, the test audiences.

[–] green_witch@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Judging by your other claim in this thread that Americans have a 20% illiteracy rate, as an American here's a 20% effort response:

Hurpdurp what's i am legend gotta do with witchermans durrr

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do have a 20% illiteracy rate, and the response is that American test audiences have ruined very obviously good plots with their stupidity many times before.

[–] green_witch@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Help, my literacy rate goes down every time I read your comments. Now, I can only communicate this way:

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