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    Mary McNamara: Ted Sarandos' Netflix memo on Dave Chappelle is a masterwork of gaslighting

    by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Oct 12, 2021 5 minutes

    Can we talk about the Ted Sarandos memo for a minute? You know, the one obtained by Variety, in which the CEO of Netflix tells his staff that, while he understands many people are quite upset about the many homophobic and transphobic jokes in the Dave Chappelle special "The Closer," it doesn't really matter because the show is a hit and Chappelle is very popular?

    I am obsessed with the Sarandos memo. I've read it about 427 times now, and it takes my breath away every time.

    The first paragraph alone is a master class in psycho-villain monologuing. It opens with good Ted, kindly Ted, just wanting to "follow up," in a solicitous HR-corporate way, about "The Closer"; he knows (because he listens) that many people in Netflix management are wondering how they should frame internal conversations about the show.

    Or rather,

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