This past weekend saw the release of a pair of much-hyped projects: Sian Heder’s Sundance winner “Coda” and the finale of Mike White’s first season of “The White Lotus,” and while both are exceptional pieces of entertainment, only one was the clear winner in the online buzz sweepstakes. What does it mean when a Sundance smash hit can’t compare to the zeitgeisty-ness of a slightly-more-than-moderately successful HBO series? IndieWire executive editor, film Kate Erbland and deputy editor, TV Ben Travers came out of their respective corners for a Double Take about the value of online chatter, and what it means for an increasingly connected world.
Kate Erbland: This past weekend saw the much-anticipated release of two distinctly different pieces of entertainment: the theatrical and streaming release of Sian Heder’s Sundance smash hit (it swept the awards in January and sold to AppleTV+ for a record-breaking...
Kate Erbland: This past weekend saw the much-anticipated release of two distinctly different pieces of entertainment: the theatrical and streaming release of Sian Heder’s Sundance smash hit (it swept the awards in January and sold to AppleTV+ for a record-breaking...
- 8/17/2021
- by Kate Erbland and Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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