Netflix Is Testing a Feature That Will Replay Scenes For You. It's Distracting But Intriguing

Dec 13, 2018, 02:07 PM


I was watching Netflix's new movie Dumplin' — a cutesy, cheesy comedy about a teenage underdog coming to realize just how excellent underdogs can be — when I saw an unfamiliar prompt in the corner of my screen.

The main character, a plus-size teen named Willowdean Dixon (Danielle Macdonald), had entered a beauty pageant in large part to antagonize her vain, former-pageant-queen mother (Jennifer Aniston).

I was watching Netflix's new movie Dumplin' — a cutesy, cheesy comedy about a teenage underdog coming to realize just how excellent underdogs can be — when I saw an unfamiliar prompt in the corner of my screen. The main character, a plus-size teen named Willowdean Dixon (Danielle Macdonald), had entered a beauty pageant in large part to antagonize her vain, former-pageant-queen mother (Jennifer Aniston).