Why Every Netflix Show Looks the Same

Netflix shows have a certain look. I can guarantee I’m not the only one who’s noticed—but if you haven’t, hear me out. There’s a striking sameness to the streaming service’s offerings, making everything from Wednesday to Cobra Kai look like a Hallmark Christmas movie produced by The CW. Is it an intentional branding statement by Netflix? I’m not sure. And yet, with each and every debilitating binge, I find myself learning more about Netflix’s bizarre visual language. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [Why Does Every Netflix Show Look the Same? An Investigation.]( [Why Does Every Netflix Show Look the Same? An Investigation.]( Netflix shows have a certain look. I can guarantee I’m not the only one who’s noticed—but if you haven’t, hear me out. There’s a striking sameness to the streaming service’s offerings, making everything from Wednesday to Cobra Kai look like a Hallmark Christmas movie produced by The CW. Is it an intentional branding statement by Netflix? I’m not sure. And yet, with each and every debilitating binge, I find myself learning more about Netflix’s bizarre visual language. [Read More](     [A Closer Look at the Innovation Inside Dior’s New Cologne]( [A Closer Look at the Innovation Inside Dior’s New Cologne]( Francis Kurkdjian explains the inspiration and technology behind the water-based Sauvage Eau Forte—and why you have to look back to move forward. [Read More]( [8 Slim Wallets That’ll Last the Long Haul]( [8 Slim Wallets That’ll Last the Long Haul]( These pocket-friendly styles hold all you need. [Read More]( [Post Malone’s ‘F-1 Trillion’ Is Too Big to Fail]( [Post Malone’s ‘F-1 Trillion’ Is Too Big to Fail]( The outsiders are now insiders; once considered fringe subcultures, these working-class, story-driven genres now run the show. So it’s no longer much of a shock to hear that Post Malone’s new album, F-1 Trillion, is a full-on country project. Though he’s one of the biggest rappers in the world by any measure, Postie has always been enthusiastically genre-fluid—sampling Fleetwood Mac, shouting out AC/DC and Jim Morrison, taking a more overtly pop lane on mega-smashes like “Circles” and “Sunflower.” But it’s still impressive how committed he is to this detour into Nashville, and how consistently effective the music turns out to be. [Read More](   [Five Fits With: Aussie Singer-Songwriter Ruel]( [Five Fits With: Aussie Singer-Songwriter Ruel]( The 21-year-old musician fills us in on his (accelerated) style journey. [Read More]( [8 Best Smart Speakers, According to Esquire's Tech Experts]( [8 Best Smart Speakers, According to Esquire's Tech Experts]( "Alexa, play Club Classics." [Read More](     [J.D. Vance Responded To An Immigration Question By Recommending The Movie 'Gangs Of New York']( [J.D. Vance Responded To An Immigration Question By Recommending The Movie 'Gangs Of New York']( Republican vice-presidential candidate J. Divan Vance continues to amaze and astound. He has less than 100 days now to alienate every subgroup of his fellow citizens before the presidential election. Now, it seems, he's after the descendants of every European immigrant group of the past two centuries—German-Americans, Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans. This might have flown if he were the running mate of Millard Fillmore. But now, it only demonstrates that we ought not to trust history to those people who mistake it for a tackhammer. Earlier this week, Vance clumsily tried to link his ticket's obsessive panic over migrant criminality to the historic violence visited on previous waves of immigration, and the violence practiced by immigrants in return. Vance seems to be intimating that those particular groups have not yet assimilated to his liking. [Read More](   [ESQ SHR Jewelry]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779