Ezra Edelman responded on Tuesday to Netflix‘s announcement that they would not release his Prince documentary, calling the decision short-sighted, stifling and “a joke.”
Controversy over Edelman’s documentary first made headlines in September, when a New York Times report alleged that the nine-hour project would accuse Prince of physical and emotional abuse. The Prince estate said at the time they were “working to resolve matters,” and Netflix revealed in early February that the streamer would not release the documentary, instead working with the estate to develop a new project using content from Prince’s archive.
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Edelman did not comment on the Netflix announcement last month, but this week called the debacle “a joke” on Pablo Torre Finds Out. “The estate, here’s the one thing they were allowed to do: Check the film for factual inaccuracies. Guess what? They came back with a
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