The Ridiculous Six

‘The Ridiculous Six’ Is Already Netflix’s Most-Streamed Movie in Its First 30 Days
‘The Ridiculous Six’ Is Already Netflix’s Most-Streamed Movie in Its First 30 Days
‘The Ridiculous Six’ Is Already Netflix’s Most-Streamed Movie in Its First 30 Days
Industry observers understand that Netflix is immensely successful, though they have only divined that notion from feelings, smells in the air, and general cultural presence. The specific extent to which Netflix runs the marketplace remains unclear, because Netflix has never publicized any figures like subscription quantities, number of individual streams on any given video, or even general financ
Adam Sandler on Why He Won’t Return to Host SNL
Adam Sandler on Why He Won’t Return to Host SNL
Adam Sandler on Why He Won’t Return to Host SNL
Adam Sandler doesn’t do many interviews. He’s completely sworn off print media (“I used to be misquoted all the time”) and appears on-camera only sparingly. I’ve been doing this job for over 14 years, and have never once interviewed the man. He’s traditionally been one of the few actors who didn’t need to talk to the press, and considering his prickly relationship with critics, likely didn’t walk to talk to them either. But, recently in New York, Sandler did agree to an on-camera interview to talk about his latest movie, Pixels, and to address the controversy surrounding his upcoming Netflix movie The Ridiculous Six.
Adam Sandler Responds to Native American Controversy
Adam Sandler Responds to Native American Controversy
Adam Sandler Responds to Native American Controversy
In October of last year, Adam Sandler signed an exclusive deal with Netflix to star in and produce four films for the streaming service. Just a few months later, Sandler found himself embroiled in perhaps the biggest controversy of his career on the set of his first picture under that deal, The Ridiculous Six. Described as a “broad satire of Western movies,” the film’s content insulted a number of Native American actors working on the film, a dozen of whom promptly walked off set, along with the Native cultural advisor for the project. On Saturday, Sandler spoke about the dispute for the first time with us and said he hopes the offended actors will eventually realize that Ridiculous is a “pro-Indian” movie.