At the Oscars, host Conan O’Brien and Sterling K. Brown performed a sketch based on the idea that streamers are telling filmmakers and showrunners to restate the plots of their movies or shows every so often, so that non-attentive viewers don’t get lost or confused.
The bit riffed on the classic Casablanca, with Brown, as piano player Sam, saying things to O’Brien-as-Rick Blaine things like, “And Rick, to reiterate, you’re just now realizing that you’re still in love with Ilsa, even though she’s married?”
The sketch drew some laughs from the audience — and apparently from Netflix film chief Dan Lin too.
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“There is no such principle. We actually all laughed when we watched that bit at the Oscars, but there’s no such principle,” Lin told reporters at an event Wednesday introducing Netflix’s slate for the rest of the yar. “I
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