{"id":10095,"date":"2025-11-17T03:58:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T03:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=10095"},"modified":"2025-11-17T03:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T03:58:58","slug":"netflix-house-in-philadelphia-a-disorienting-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=10095","title":{"rendered":"Netflix House in Philadelphia: A disorienting experience."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"76\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc5w4i001vowm2v1joi8lp@published\">The King of Prussia mall stands defiant, a fortress of commerce holding vigil at the edge of the Philadelphia suburbs. Where malls across the nation falter, King of Prussia continues to hold court, buoyed by efforts to use its tremendous expanse (2,793,200 square feet, the fourth-largest mall in the nation) to host novel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bucksco.today\/2025\/07\/king-of-prussia-mall-nears-deal\/\">experiences<\/a>\u201d beyond mere retail. It\u2019s slowly adapting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curbed.com\/2021\/06\/review-of-american-dream-mall-its-not-ridiculous-enough.html\">American Dream mall<\/a> approach: becoming a space for not just shopping, but for losing yourself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"108\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc6ago00133b6hy2jmyaob@published\">Netflix, it turns out, has similar ambitions. This week, the streaming company opened its first so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/house\/locations\/philadelphia\">Netflix House<\/a>, billed as a hub for fans to explore immersive experiences based on Netflix shows, enjoy light bites and drinks cheekily named after the streamer\u2019s movies and TV shows, take lots of photos to share on social media, and buy plenty of swag. \u201cYou\u2019ve invited us into your home for more than two decades, and now, we\u2019re able to return the favor by welcoming you into ours,\u201d the press release trumpeting the opening of the King of Prussia location reads. The second location, in Dallas\u2019 Galleria mega-mall, will follow in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"119\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc6ag900123b6h5im1tmqb@published\">There are two ways to enter King of Prussia\u2019s Netflix House. The first is directly, through a lit red exterior facade meant to pay homage to the red envelopes that Netflix used to send its DVD rentals out in, before the company became what it is today. The other is through the interior of the mall, although that route went unused for the grand opening \u201chousewarming party\u201d that Netflix held on Monday, two days before Netflix House opened to the public. CEO Ted Sarandos was there, giving Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro \u201cthe key to Netflix House.\u201d <em>Wednesday<\/em>\u2019s Luis Guzm\u00e1n, <em>Emily in Paris<\/em>\u2019 Ashley Park, and other Netflix luminaries were in attendance, along with members of the press, including myself.<\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-roadblock\/instances\/cmhzgwi6k00043b78gjxuhe0w@published\" class=\"slate-roadblock\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmhzc6hxi00193b6h6h0jfa6a@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040\">\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/268c709f-a715-4584-9792-51d13eec3a41.jpeg\" alt=\"Netflix House atrium, bursting with iconography and characters from Squid Game and other Netflix shows.\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\" \/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Kat Kendon\/Netflix Attractions<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"222\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc6qu4001g3b6hz01t7smg@published\">Netflix House is a disorienting place to be in, whether there are famous people present or not. Its cavernous space is devoted to imagining a world where Netflix is the most important thing in your life, and not just an idle way to pass the time. Go in through that front entrance and you are immediately in front of a massive red staircase full of promise, flanked by two murals full of iconography from Netflix\u2019s biggest shows. A Thing sculpture juts out to welcome fans of <em>Wednesday<\/em>, while mannequins wearing <em>Squid Game<\/em>\u2019s trademark masked jumpsuits stand on a pedestal. Stare at the murals longer and you\u2019ll spot even more shows: a character from <em>Big Mouth<\/em>, Anya Taylor-Joy\u2019s image contemplating a neon chessboard from <em>The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em>. It evokes the off-kilter oddities of <em>Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em>, but also the sensation of restlessness that I associate with scrolling through the Netflix queue\u2014the vague feeling that there must be <em>something<\/em> I want to do here, but unsure if it is any of this. I felt much the same when perusing the Netflix Bites menu: Maybe the <em>Bridgerton<\/em> cocktail will do the trick. (It\u2019s lovingly assembled but offers little to the palate.) Or a Red Bite, Green Bite lettuce wrap, from <em>Squid Game<\/em>. (The lettuce is not up to the task, the protein overly chewy.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"18\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc6s3d001o3b6hq6t01e3k@published\">Nothing felt right\u2014and, much like most nights in watching Netflix, my choices were mostly made out of resignation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"43\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc70ki00223b6hzmry84g6@published\">\u201cFan experiences,\u201d as these kinds of installations are called, come with a neat little rhetorical defense at the ready: They immediately position themselves as for people who <em>get it<\/em>. Don\u2019t like what you see? Well, of course. You\u2019re not a fan. Case closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"129\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc75rs002a3b6hn6c54ffk@published\">But let\u2019s say you are a Netflix fan, as anyone making a pilgrimage to Netflix House is sure to be. What, then, are you a fan of? For the past five years, Netflix has been on a relentless campaign to become a fandom hub, a never-ending Comic-Con celebrating itself. You could mark this journey based on the growth of the company\u2019s Tudum fan events. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/31\/business\/media\/netflix-tudum-live-streaming.html\">modest beginnings<\/a> as a fan event held in S\u00e3o Paulo in January 2020, to the outrageously lavish, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lcCx2oLavbc\">livestreamed spectacle<\/a> of this summer\u2019s Tudum 2025, Netflix has worked hard to make its brand feel like a party, an event, a monument to entertainment. That\u2019s quite a task for a brand that, famously, is synonymous with something people do when they\u2019ve got nothing else going on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"113\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc75rs002b3b6hew55w2a3@published\">This investment in \u201cfandom\u201d\u2014the economic force distinct from a community with a shared interest; the careful cultivation of an audience\u2019s identity, blurring the line between self and consumption\u2014has long been a central concern of Netflix\u2019s marketing. It\u2019s why, during Twitter\u2019s heyday, the company spun up a number of identity-driven accounts, from @strongblacklead (to appeal to Black Twitter) to @contodo (\u201cNetflix in Spanglish\u201d), all in the same <a href=\"https:\/\/thebaffler.com\/latest\/the-netflix-twitter-complex-atad\">overly familiar<\/a> first-person voice that was a hallmark of corporate overtures to millennials. Early and often, Netflix\u2019s comms asserted that the unnamed person typing every social media post was just like you, eager to see Jenna Ortega #slay on <em>Wednesday<\/em>. Or maybe #WedneSLAY, if they\u2019re feeling clever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"77\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc75rs002c3b6h3rie9tg0@published\">They\u2019ve been courting and rearing fandom for years. And, as observers of the Mandela effect or Donald Trump can tell you, if you insist on something long enough, people will believe you. For a decade, Netflix has been tilling the earth, creating its own reality where its content is arena rock and not, well, mall Muzak. And now, with Netflix House, you can go there. It\u2019s fandom made physical, rendered into an altar at which to worship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"63\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc7pcm002q3b6h3wzy6ls2@published\">Immersive entertainment has been on the rise for some time now, in tandem with the creep of social media into daily life. The popularity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/travel\/meow-wolf.html\">Meow Wolf\u2019s immersive art theme parks<\/a>\u2014otherworldly, Instagram-friendly spaces where guests are invited to explore and manipulate their environments, to find secret passages and decipher elaborate hidden stories\u2014has inspired a host of imitators, or interest in similarly authored experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"74\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc7quz002y3b6he14cdgyc@published\">King of Prussia\u2019s Netflix House offers two of these: <em>Wednesday: Eve of the Outcasts<\/em>, and <em>One Piece: Quest for the Devil Fruit<\/em>. The latter is the lesser attraction, essentially an escape room with a touch of story. You\u2019re a pirate crew on the <em>East Blue<\/em>, solving puzzles in scenes pulled from the world of the show. Like most escape rooms, the theming feels bare-bones and kind of cheap, more carnival attraction than theme park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"128\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc7quz002z3b6hplhlqd9y@published\"><em>Eve of the Outcasts<\/em>, however, is a genuinely impressive attraction, a macabre carnival designed by Wednesday Addams full of games to play and a simple mystery to solve, if you\u2019re so inclined and don\u2019t mind sending text messages to \u201cThing.\u201d There\u2019s a (nonoperational) carousel with electric chairs instead of ponies, that sort of thing. The sets are striking\u2014a large moon hangs over the whole thing\u2014and there\u2019s a neat little intro in a pitch-perfect reproduction of the dorm that Wednesday shares with her werewolf roommate, Enid. The whole thing is a nice way to kill an hour with someone who likes <em>Wednesday<\/em>, or the Addams Family, if a bit too slight to justify the trip and the cost by itself. (Prices for these ticketed experiences start at $39 each.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"90\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc7quz00303b6hwlschkf5@published\">Of course, Netflix House, which is otherwise free to enter, has a bunch of other ways for you to spend your time and money. There\u2019s all the merch, some with local flair (NetPHLix, get it?). A <em>Bridgerton<\/em> photo booth (sponsored by MasterCard). Two VR rooms (tickets starting at $25) with games based on <em>Squid Game, Stranger Things<\/em>, and <em>Rebel Moon<\/em>. And, most curiously, the Tudum Theater: a 229-seat screen that, if it\u2019s not being used for special events or programming, will be a drop-in, drop-out theater to catch Netflix programming.<\/p>\n<figure data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmhzc7tke00373b6h37tqtqq9@published\" class=\"image image--center\" data-editable=\"imageInfo\" style=\"width: px\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-container\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1560 \/ 1040\">\n        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Tudum Theater, a movie theater with red seats and a screen with the words &quot;Netflix House.&quot;\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/aeca12a8-e4ec-4bf5-8d30-06ea03f8fdef.jpeg\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\" \/><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/aeca12a8-e4ec-4bf5-8d30-06ea03f8fdef.jpeg\" alt=\"Tudum Theater, a movie theater with red seats and a screen with the words &quot;Netflix House.&quot;\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\" \/><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"image__meta\">\n<span class=\"image__credit\">Kat Kendon\/Netflix Attractions<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"102\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc7vti003f3b6hpz0du69s@published\">The spread of activities is so scattershot and disjointed in a way that feels a lot like Netflix\u2019s signature offering: TV made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nplusonemag.com\/issue-49\/essays\/casual-viewing\/\">for people who are also doing other things<\/a>. Naming your <a href=\"https:\/\/nflxhouseext.com\/static\/netflix-bites\/philadelphia.pdf\">$12 onion dip<\/a> after <em>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery <\/em>is the kind of thing Disney Parks get away with because they are selling a very specific fantasy, one where the rest of the world is no longer available to you. But Netflix House, like Netflix, sits in close proximity with the rest of the world. You can probably even get better onion dip steps away at the same mall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"136\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84ms003o3b6hlr2jc6tv@published\">It\u2019s not that Netflix isn\u2019t on to something with this new venture. There is a despondence to modern life and the increasingly few ways that discretionary income affords us any relief. There is an allure to the notion of a space that allows us to leave this world more fully\u2014and perhaps more affordably\u2014than a visit to a theme park would allow for, or at a scale greater than theater companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/06\/sleep-no-more-new-york-play-closing-macbeth-punchdrunk-immersive-theater.html\"><em>Sleep No More<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Punchdrunk can produce. One sympathizes\u2014and, hell, even a shitty escape room can be fun with a game enough crowd. These are not activities meant for you to do solo, and I did wish I had some friends with me to gawk at the bombast of it all with. Not, however, enough that I would ask them to cough up $39 a head.<\/p>\n<p>  <b class=\"pull-quote__text\" data-editable=\"quote\">What does Netflix like? Whatever you<span class=\"widont\">\u00a0<\/span>like.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"71\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84ms003p3b6hwmlxj3sw@published\">What makes Netflix\u2019s efforts to become an immersive real-world destination so galling isn\u2019t necessarily its shamelessness. There is a strong resemblance in Netflix\u2019s efforts to the world of video games, where fans are encouraged to incorporate the entertainment they consume into their identity, to the point that they will sit through hourslong marketing presentations showing a barrage of trailers, broken up by the occasional celebrity appearance, corporate hype-person, or awkward bit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"38\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84mt003q3b6hhr9gzeyt@published\">But what rankles is how little Netflix has to offer in return. The streamer\u2019s brand identity is a <em>lack<\/em> of brand identity. It is your best friend and everyone\u2019s best friend. What does Netflix like? Whatever you like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"137\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84mt003r3b6hvsa5dfr4@published\">So when it\u2019s time for Netflix to elevate a set of shows, to erect its pillars of fandom, and build IRL experiences around them, the selections are remarkable in how they have little new to bring to the table. <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2023\/09\/one-piece-live-action-netflix-anime-manga.html\"><em>One Piece<\/em><\/a> is a live-action adaptation of a manga phenomenon\u2014second fiddle to an animated adaptation that has been running just as long as the comic, and eager to produce uncanny replications of artist Eiichiro Oda\u2019s wonderfully cartoony designs. <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/08\/wednesday-season-2-part-1-netflix-addams-family-xavier-tyler-jenna-ortega.html\"><em>Wednesday<\/em><\/a>, another current hit, is similarly a copy of a copy, relying on decades of pop-cultural familiarity with Charles Addams\u2019 most famous creation, funneled through the equally familiar visual stylings of Tim Burton. Both shows are popular, but they are also flagrant coattail riders, contributing virtually little new to the world other than the exuberant performances of their lead actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"131\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84mt003s3b6hm425ttcs@published\">It\u2019s alarming how little an entertainment company of this size and impact has contributed to our visual pop-culture lexicon, how many of its biggest shows are copies of copies. <em>Stranger Things<\/em> re-creates the \u201980s not as they were, but as they were filmed. Even its monsters\u2014the Demogorgon, the Vecna\u2014are openly taken from <em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/em>, with appearances reworked to fit in the show\u2019s Amblin-inspired world. Since that all-too-brief initial period in which Netflix produced original shows at great expense, the company has been at its most successful when it simply buys hits incubated elsewhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/06\/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-movie-songs-jinu-rumi.html\"><em>K-Pop Demon Hunters<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> the streamer\u2019s runaway smash of the year, ended up a Netflix title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/kpop-demon-hunters-sony-netflix-sequel-talks-1236353972\/\">due to Sony\u2019s reluctance to fully finance the film itself<\/a>, making for one of the most remarkable bag fumbles of the decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"150\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84mt003t3b6hbq2jhlph@published\">This is a consistently strange thing about the home of <em>Stranger Things<\/em>. Netflix, in all this fandom jockeying, is laying claim to the idea that it is the new monoculture, which isn\u2019t that far-fetched a notion. When it has a hit, it hits big, and can often make a hit out of other networks\u2019 flops. The 2022 Paramount+ <em>Halo<\/em> show was effectively DOA on that streamer, but on Netflix? It\u2019s a Top 10 hit. But again, so little of this demonstrable clout has contributed to our shared cultural language. It\u2019s telling, in fact, that Netflix\u2019s biggest offering in this regard might be <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/06\/squid-game-season-3-finale-ending-baby-456-cate-blanchett-gi-hun.html\"><em>Squid Game<\/em><\/a>, an international production about the brutal plight of the working class in the age of wealth inequality, a desperate struggle to survive against the glib set dressing of children\u2019s games. (Netflix House\u2019s <em>Squid Game <\/em>experience, <em>Squid Game: Survive the Trials<\/em>, is exclusive to the Dallas location.)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cmhzc5w4i001wowm26egq37ge@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/frankenstein-2025-movie-netflix-guillermo-del-toro-victor-vs-book.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9b6d5ce4-d13e-48fb-bb15-2ffe9e42caaa.jpeg\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n<h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Laura Miller<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">Netflix\u2019s Frankenstein Offers a Different Spin on One of Literature\u2019s All-Time Assholes<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<aside data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/in-article-recirc\/instances\/cmhzc5w4i001xowm27pp77jjn@published\" class=\"in-article-recirc\" data-via=\"article-inline_recirc-section-culture\">\n<ol class=\"in-article-recirc__list\">\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/landman-season-2-episode-1-ali-larter-billy-bob-thornton-paramount.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            One of the Most Bonkers Shows on TV Is Back. It\u2019s Somehow Gotten Worse.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/death-by-lightning-netflix-show-president-james-garfield-true-story.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            There\u2019s One President in American History Who Absolutely Did Not Want the Job. A New Show Reveals Why He Was Right to Be Worried.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/netflix-house-philadelphia-king-of-prussia-movies-shows-wednesday-one-piece.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><br \/>\n            <title>This Content is Available for Slate Plus members only<\/title><\/p>\n<p>            Netflix Has Gone Physical. It\u2019s \u2026 Weird, to Say the Least.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/nuremberg-movie-russell-crowe-rami-malek-true-story.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            The Psychiatrist Who Studied Nazi Officials After the War Found Something Shocking. It Didn\u2019t Earn Him Any Fans.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"201\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84mt003u3b6hkuvqktyk@published\">It would be disingenuous to behave as if Netflix fans didn\u2019t exist. It would be equally disingenuous to not consider their most common critique of the company: that it loves to smother shows in the cradle, to be haphazard in what it promotes and what it does not, all with a lack of transparency that leaves audiences and critics alike adrift in their efforts to discern what success looks like for the company. Because of this, Netflix House feels\u2014to borrow a term Netflix social accounts would use\u2014cringe. Like a boyfriend everyone knows isn\u2019t going to stick around. Consider the fates of many of the shows here: <em>Squid Game<\/em> has concluded, though it is artificially extended by the reality competition <em>Squid Game: The Challenge<\/em>. <em>Stranger Things<\/em>, similarly, is about to end, and any appetite for spinoff media like the forthcoming <em>Stranger Things: Tales from 85<\/em> has yet to be proven. A third season for <em>Wednesday<\/em> has been greenlit, but is unlikely to air until 2027, and odds it will continue beyond that are slim. <em>One Piece<\/em> is the only Netflix cornerstone highlighted here that seems built to last, and that is largely due to an astonishing wealth of source material to adapt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"82\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cmhzc84mt003v3b6h6lhbvki7@published\">Netflix House isn\u2019t best understood as bringing online content to the real world, but fashioning the real world into an online one. A carnival of copycat icons, in an edifice where context does not exist. Jean Baudrillard, the French philosopher who wrote <em>Simulacra and Simulation<\/em>, would have lost his mind in the Netflix House. 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