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WB kills quality arm "HBO" and doubles down on transphobe's tired story [1]

['Jason Weisberger']

Date: 2023-04-13

WB Discovery will attract more viewers to "Max" by dropping HBO as its too associated with premium content. Rather than be a place for the good stuff, WB wants you to open up Max and watch the paint dry.

NYT:

And removing HBO from the streaming service's name also signals an ambition to attract more subscribers. "Dropping HBO from the name is cementing that 'we're not just a home for premium programming,'" Ms. Alexander said. "'We're the home for anything you want to watch.'"

To ensure we don't find anything new or exciting on "Max," WB is announced it will invest massive resources in retelling noted and outspoken transphobe JK Rowling's stories about magic people. Seemingly the Harry Potter story wasn't told in enough detail in Rowling's books or the prior movies. WB has proudly partnered with Rowling to turn each book into an entire season. I wonder if they will present the death eaters as wanting to live their best, most evil lives.

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