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Netflix knows how many times its users have watched “A Christmas Prince,” and it’s making fun of people on Twitter for it
The movie, which is Netflix’s rather triumphant attempt to emulate the dumb magic of Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies, is getting a lot of attention lately for its achievement in the silly category.
The plot — which is basically that a journalist falls in love with a prince she is supposed to be writing about — is predictable, cliché, and impossible, even in a world where an actual American woman is marrying a royal. And the portrayal of journalism in “A Christmas Prince” is outrageous (which we went into detail about here).
But even though it’s silly, “A Christmas Prince” has become something of a cult hit for Netflix, and has already created some superfans.
On Sunday night, Netflix, which is usually very secretive about its streaming traffic, joked that it knew how many times people have watched “A Christmas Prince,” and was concerned:
To the 53 people who've watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?
— Netflix US (@netflix) December 11, 2017
Take a look at the wave of remarks:
Why are you calling people out like that Netflix
— Amanda Bell (@AmandaJuneBell) December 11, 2017
No you're fine
— Netflix US (@netflix) December 11, 2017
That's pretty creepy @netflix. Is it in your Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy that you will collect and analyze viewing habits so that you can mock people via social media? Asking for a friend. #fb
— Andrew Strutt (@andrew_strutt) December 11, 2017
Lol, This was brilliant advertisement for Netflix’s A Christmas Prince. Now I might just have to watch it.
