The leeway that the creatives are given at Netflix is impressive. Contrast that with network TV programming and moviemaking at many other studios, which can be

The leeway that the creatives are given at Netflix is impressive. Contrast that with network TV programming and moviemaking at many other studios, which can be so controlled by business departments that non-creative executives even get involved in casting decisions and editing. Brian De Palma talking about one failed project (1): I would get stacks of notes, over and over again, from multiple sources. It’s changed. They want to be included on everything. I remember throwing executives out of the room during a reading for “Bonfire of the Vanities.” Are you kidding? I can’t have these actors performing in front of studio executives during the first reading! They claimed they wouldn’t say anything, which was nonsense. I had the same thing with the Paterno project. I said, “This is the first time Al [Pacino] has heard this material. I can’t have executives sitting here.” They were offended beyond belief — sulking, tense. I finally walked away from it. ... If you’ve seen HBO’s “Project Greenlight,” the HBO executive on that show, Len Amato — that was the guy I was dealing with. On the show, there’s Len in the editing room, making suggestions. That’s like my worst nightmare. I have never dealt with a producer in the editing room. And you can’t get final cut on television. Can you believe that Martin Scorsese doesn’t have final cut on television? Nick Offerman (Parks and Rec) described the control that executives have over casting and other key creative decisions in his recent Fresh Air interview (2). It's depressing. 1. http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/brian-de-palma-documetary-hollywood-tv-noah-baumbach-jake-paltrow-1201683547/ http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/brian-de-palma-documetary-h... 2. https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2018/06/07/617872975 https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2018/06/07/617872975