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Netflix tells writers to have characters "announce what they're doing"

Netflix execs have been telling their screenwriters to have characters “announce what they’re doing” so that viewers who have a program on in the background can follow along without having to miss plot strands. There’s barely been any pushback, until now.

Netflix execs have been telling their screenwriters to have characters “announce what they’re doing” so that viewers who have a program on in the background can follow along without having to miss plot strands. Several screenwriters, who’ve worked for the streamer, are telling the outlet that a common note from company executives is to have characters purposely lay out exposition to the wandering viewer. This latest news comes just a year after it was reported that Netflix was asking its writers and directors to make sure there was enough drama in a movie’s first five minutes so that the viewer keeps watching and doesn’t turn it off.

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