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The show before me is a show with puppets that prank call people, so this isnt journalism.
He said that onCrossfire.
But the interesting thing thats happening right now is that some of these shows are now breaking proper news.
Like in the Saudi Arabia episode, we had the CENTCOM document.
It was just there.
It described the people of Saudi Arabia as having negro blood and all this stuff.
If Im going to take 20 to 25 minutes of your time, it should matter.
I should be adding value to life in some capacity.
Netflix is not bound by time.
People go to Netflix to escape time or forget about time.
The sufficient condition is,Is this news?
you’re gonna wanna talk about Rohingya.
I cant make that funny.
Thats why real journalism matters because the necessary condition is news.
The sufficient condition is,Is it interesting?
To me, the affirmative-action headline piece, people around the world can see it.
Different countries have different forms of affirmative action.
That episode, to me, is a discussion of meritocracy.
Who gets what and why?
They would have these great shots where the camera would turn and it would be the studio audience.
Ive never seen this before in my life.
Just even the audience reactions.
Its a very different studio audience than was also going on in Burbank at that time, too.
That to me is really cool.
It gives me energy.
People are like, Why dont you go shopping with Tan more?
An hour of me putting on jackets.
With Tan, its likeKeeping Up With the Kardashianswith Desi people, and everyones like, Give me more!
Work is hard; life is hard; just give me things where I dont have to think.
Youre filling in time to get to commercial break.
But Netflix is on the internet.
So everything on YouTube or on Netflix is the stake itself.
To me, whats happening right now through streaming is showing, I think, the death of variety.
Do what you do.
What I love about that is the shelf life of that stuff.
Theyre almost sort of DJ to all the elements of reporting.
That to me was really cool.
If we can do a comedy version of that visually, it would be amazing.
Prashanth once said, I listen toRadiolabsMore Perfectbecause if theyre putting it out that means its worth my time.
That means its worth my 20 minutes.
*These quotations have been edited and condensed for clarity.
