Netflix is introducing an interesting innovation – inspired by a “Saturday Night Live” skit starring comedian Pete Davidson. More on web world.
Pete Davidson im ‘Short-Ass Movies’-Sketch (Quelle: Screenshot YouTube)
- The new film category ‘Short-Ass Movies.’ is now available on Netflix.
- It contains films that are all “short” around 90 minutes.
- The idea for the innovation comes from a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that ran in the United States just last weekend.
Maybe some Netflix users know the problem: In the evening – in a group or alone – a film should be watched, but it shouldn’t be a 4-hour epic à la “Once upon a time in America”, the epic (and highly recommended!) Gangster ham by Western legend Sergio Leone with Robert De Niro.
The streaming giant Netflix has now heard the wishes of these users – and introduced a whole new category of films: ‘Short-Ass Movies’all of which are only around 90 minutes long.
Netflix updates after Saturday Night Live skit starring Pete Davidson
However, Netflix didn’t really come up with this idea by itself. Rather, a skit was the stumbling block. It aired on the long-running comedy show Saturday Night Live this past weekend, and the clip is – exactly – about overly long and juxtaposed short films. Watch the hilarious video here:
In the above clip you can see comedian Pete Davidson, who also often takes on small and large roles in movies (most recently, for example, in “The Suicide Squad” and “The King of Staten Island”). Also in attendance are rapper Gunna, Saturday Night Live comedian Chris Redd and actor Simon Rex (“Scary Movie” franchise).
The sketch mentions some films that are too long, such as “Once Upon a Time in America” or the new “The Batman” with Robert Pattinson, which has a proud running time of 2 hours and 56 minutes. Short films include The Lion King, Bad Moms, and all the Austin Powers films, all of which are “short” around 90 minutes.
Netflix took up the (probably unintentional) suggestion. The streaming service on Twitter simply commented on the sketch linked above with the comment “Good idea” and a link to the newly introduced ‘Short-Ass Movies’ category on its homepage.
The new category is also already available in Germany – and also selects many suggestions from the general Netflix program those films from the user’s own list that are around 90 minutes long. This new feature in particular should be of interest to subscribers who want to sift through their too-long watch list for ‘Short-Ass Movies’ for a movie night without falling asleep.
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