Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has described the Baby Reindeer debate as “uniquely British.”
The saga, which has seen Netflix sued for $170M by the ‘real-life Martha’ over her depiction in the Emmy-winning show, has seen a lawsuit filed in the U.S.
But Sarandos posited that the debate around the show is “not happening anywhere else in the world.”
Pushed on the “true story” element of the show, which has landed it in such hot water, Sarandos told RTS London that Baby Reindeer “is not a documentary, there are elements that are dramatized.”
“We are watching it performed by actors on TV, we think that’s abundantly clear that there is dramatization involved,” he added.
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He was speaking as Netflix unveiled a first-look deal with creator Richard Gadd, who scooped an Emmy over the weekend for
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