Conquer Club

Lonous wrote:Haven't heard a thing about this. At all. To the point that I thought your thread title was actually about baby reindeer.

After spending 60 seconds reading your link, the story feels about as real as the usual offerings of reality TV.
Without knowing anything more about it, any chance that all of this noise they are making is merely their hype machine trying to drum up viewers?

mookiemcgee wrote:

Lonous wrote:Haven't heard a thing about this. At all. To the point that I thought your thread title was actually about baby reindeer.

After spending 60 seconds reading your link, the story feels about as real as the usual offerings of reality TV.
Without knowing anything more about it, any chance that all of this noise they are making is merely their hype machine trying to drum up viewers?

I noticed it on netflix, but didn't watch and also wasn't aware there was controversy. Will probably save my comments until i get around to watching it, but if they aren't naming RL names in the show it's hard as an american to figure out what the controversy would even be. There are far too many shows with shameless exploitation but make for though-provoking drama.

Lonous wrote:Haven't heard a thing about this. At all. To the point that I thought your thread title was actually about baby reindeer.

After spending 60 seconds reading your link, the story feels about as real as the usual offerings of reality TV.
Without knowing anything more about it, any chance that all of this noise they are making is merely their hype machine trying to drum up viewers?

Harvey is seeking at least $50m for actual damages, at least $50m in compensatory damages for “mental anguish, loss of enjoyment and loss of business”, at least $50m for “all profits from ‘Baby Reindeer,’” as well as $20m punitive damages.

The Guardian has reached out to Netflix for comment.

In an interview with the Guardian in April, Gadd spoke of the series, saying that he “tweaked slightly to create dramatic climaxes”.

“It’s very emotionally true, obviously: I was severely stalked and severely abused. But we wanted it to exist in the sphere of art, as well as protect the people it’s based on,” he said.

This week, Baby Reindeer was a major winner at the Gotham TV awards in New York City and is expected to be a frontrunner when Emmy nominations are announced in July. The series has found over 60 million viewers in its first month on the platform and is expected to become one of Netflix’s 10 biggest shows ever.

Dukasaur wrote:Fiona Harvey sues for $170 million!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/06/baby-reindeer-netflix-lawsuit

Harvey is seeking at least $50m for actual damages, at least $50m in compensatory damages for “mental anguish, loss of enjoyment and loss of business”, at least $50m for “all profits from ‘Baby Reindeer,’” as well as $20m punitive damages.

The Guardian has reached out to Netflix for comment.

In an interview with the Guardian in April, Gadd spoke of the series, saying that he “tweaked slightly to create dramatic climaxes”.

“It’s very emotionally true, obviously: I was severely stalked and severely abused. But we wanted it to exist in the sphere of art, as well as protect the people it’s based on,” he said.

This week, Baby Reindeer was a major winner at the Gotham TV awards in New York City and is expected to be a frontrunner when Emmy nominations are announced in July. The series has found over 60 million viewers in its first month on the platform and is expected to become one of Netflix’s 10 biggest shows ever.