Genre, Distribution, Audience Analysis: Red Notice versus The Harder They Fall and the Complicated Future of Streaming Entertainment

While The Harder They Fall and Red Notice were both distributed in the same manner - straight to Netflix - their viewership status had very different outcomes. This essay will examine if differences in narrative, aesthetic, and comedy are the reason for the films’ dissimilar success in Netflix viewership or if instead the viewership success was a result of Netflix’s distribution strategy and platform building itself.