What happened to Netflix? A completely unexpected series is causing new legal problems for the streaming platform.
Netflix has announced legal problems with an unexpected series. The streaming platform has received a legal notice from a political analyst about a specific episode of The Big Bang Theory. An episode that is considered offensive. It’s been almost four years since the popular CBS sitcom went off the air, but it’s still popular and available on various streaming platforms around the world. This means that anyone can easily access the series and be more picky about it. Especially considering its tendency to be a troubled comedy.
Recently, I came across an episode of the show Big Bang Theory on Netflix where Kunal Nayyar’s character uses an offensive and derogatory term to refer to the legendary Bollywood actress @MadhuriDixit. As a fan of Madhuri Dixit since childhood, I was deeply disturbed by the… pic.twitter.com/pvRCKd5Ne4
— Mithun Vijay Kumar (@MVJonline) March 22, 2023
This is what happened with Mithun Vijay Kumar, who shared in Twitter what sent a legal notice to Netflix about a particular episode of The Big Bang Theory which includes a “derogatory” joke about the Bollywood star known as Madhuri Dixit. You can see the tweet on these lines.
Controversy has always gone hand in hand with ‘The Big Bang Theory’
The Big Bang Theory became so popular despite being hated. And the criticism was mainly due to its comedic style, especially in its first seasons.. Male members of the Pasadena gang used to make offensive comments just to get a laugh. Sheldon was famous for it, even among his friends, like Penny. Something that has become even bigger with services like Netflix.
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Howard was criticized for it as well, most notably for making inappropriate comments to the women he was trying to date in the early seasons. Reflecting on it, actor Simon Helberg recently acknowledged problems with his character. He essentially agreed with the criticism The Big Bang Theory received for how it initially portrayed Howard. Now, Netflix will have to face this legal letter related to the famous ‘sitcom’.