Netflix exec: All right. Tell me about the property.
Development assistant*: It’s called Death Note. It’s very popular in manga form for the—
Netflix exec: Who’s the protagonist?
Development assistant: Light Yagami. He’s a student who—
Netflix exec: What kind of name is that? We’ll have to change it.
Development assistant: I…noted. Change the name.
Netflix exec: Who is this kid?
Development assistant: As I said, he’s a student. He finds a book that kills people.
Netflix exec: And he has to figure out how to stop it?
Development assistant: Not…exactly.
Netflix exec: Well?
Development assistant: He uses it.
Netflix exec: An all-American kid like him? Hmm. We’re going to have to do something about that. All right. I think we’re done here. Next meeting!
- No, I have no idea what title belongs to the poor schmuck in this scenario. I have people I could ask, but I feel like that would be more effort than Netflix put in on getting things right.
This one is, of course, available on Netflix.
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