Baginski said, “When a series is made for a huge mass of viewers, with different experiences, from different parts of the world, and a large part of them are Americans, these simplifications not only make sense, they are necessary.”

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He has a point about simplifications when it comes to media and art being approachable by the masses (and I say this with no insult intended, simplification of anything will always have broader appeal). See popular music vs avante-guard jazz (i.e. Miles Davis, probably the most-approachable of the type!)

But holy cow what a condescending, arrogant, insulting pick.

Fuck him and anything he ever touches.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

And we Americans complain about our own dumbing down of media to ship overseas.

I'm glad I didn't watch the show.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Thing is: They are working from the basis of media that has been successful already. So the amount of "dumbing down" neccessary to achieve a somewhat broad appeal has already been done by the author of the original, so to speak. Their argument doesn't hold any water whatsoever on no level imaginable.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Projection is a powerful drug.