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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by r00fus on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:53PM (#19913797)
Well there was that (product placement) scene in Weeds where they talk about the Prius being a great "dealer" car because the silent mode is great for drive-by shootings.

IIRC, Weeds was on Netflix.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by OJFord on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:55PM (#19914629)
Oh.. I just took that as a joke. And where's the line, if the writers come up with some (non-defamatory) joke (or whatever) about some real product, that relies on real-world context about that product, is there pressure to get a product placement deal, or else drop it from the script?

Seems silly.

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