The event space, which occupies the bar and courtyard of a hotel, looks like a theatrical set: Floor lamps flank dining booths there's a barbeque pit and pizza oven Netflix-branded pillows, walls and plates make for instant photo-ops. The temporary restaurant exists in its own bubble - outside of protests, password crackdowns and negative publicity.
Once inside, the immersiveness of the experience might make the contentious backdrop easy to forget for some.
"It's just having money invested in something, when money is tight for me already - it's hard to make those choices." That was before SAG-AFTRA, a union representing about 160,000 TV and film actors, joined the Writers Guild of America, who have been on strike since May. "I support the actors, I have a lot of friends that are in the unions, especially in SAG-AFTRA, and seeing what they're going through sucks," he said.Īt the same time, he had already paid a $50 deposit for the reservation that he didn't think he could get back. cities.īut the thought of dining at a Netflix event while many of the company's own employees are fighting for better pay and protections has left fans like Bernal conflicted. There's an annual Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival in Los Angeles and, previously, Stranger Things-themed pop-up stores in a handful of major U.S.
It's not the company's first marketing event adapted from its streaming content. The streaming giant is ending its once-revolutionary DVD-by-mail service in September. The bill arrives in a red-and-white envelope - soon to be a relic of the days when Netflix customers rented movies delivered by mail.
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