#MEMORANDA GAME TEDDY BEAR SERIES#
Last week, videos of fist fights outside a pop-up store devoted to the brutal, record-breaking Netflix series “Squid Game” went viral. In 2020, the Human Rights Campaign recorded a record number of violent deaths suffered by trans and gender nonconforming people, the highest rate since the group began tracking these killings in 2013.ĭialogues about on-screen violence translating to real-world harm have been going on for decades. Studies, including research from 2016 conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association, back up Sarandos’ assertion specifically around the effects of screen violence - but the trans community has long been desperate to educate the masses over the shocking fatality rate it faces. “Make no mistake, Chappelle’s alleged jokes do not impact hypothetical people they, in fact, cause real harm to transgender and nonbinary viewers and Black LGBTQ youth who may have once looked up to him as a role model,” wrote queer author and attorney Preston Mitchum on Wednesday. I’m a white woman,” wrote out trans Netflix employee Terra Field in a now-viral Twitter thread last week. People who look like me aren’t being killed. “What we object to is the harm that content like this does to the trans community (especially trans people of color) and VERY specifically Black trans women. That Sarandos would wade into a debate about the potential harmful effects of content is notable, given that those who condemn Chappelle’s jokes have specifically cited the physical danger that anti-trans ideology poses to that community.
Ironically, the documentary ‘Disclosure’ on Netflix demonstrates this quite clearly.”
#MEMORANDA GAME TEDDY BEAR TV#
But film and TV have also been filled with stereotypes and misinformation about us for decades, leading to real world harm, especially for trans people and LGBTQ people of color. Authentic media stories about LGBTQ lives have been cited as directly responsible for increasing public support for issues like marriage equality. When contacted by Variety for comment, queer media watchdog GLAAD said it was “founded 36 years ago because media representation has consequences for LGBTQ people. Adults can watch violence, assault and abuse – or enjoy shocking stand-up comedy – without it causing them to harm others,” he continued. “The strongest evidence to support this is that violence on screens has grown hugely over the last thirty years, especially with first party shooter games, and yet violent crime has fallen significantly in many countries. While some employees disagree, we have a strong belief that content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm,” he said.
“With ‘The Closer,’ we understand that the concern is not about offensive-to-some content but titles which could increase real world harm (such as further marginalizing already marginalized groups, hate, violence etc.) Last year, we heard similar concerns about 365 Days and violence against women. “We know that a number of you have been left angry, disappointed and hurt by our decision to put Dave Chappelle’s latest special on Netflix,” Sarandos wrote in an email obtained by Variety. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent a lengthy missive to the entire company following the mounting controversy around a new original special from comic Dave Chappelle.Īfter addressing top leadership in a Friday memo, Sarandos sent an email on Monday to all staff - some of whom have increasingly expressed outrage over jokes about the trans community in Chappelle’s “ The Closer,” and have scheduled a walkout protest as a response.
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