Ben Affleck Walks Back Matt Damon's 'Claim' Netflix Demanded Plot Repetition in Dialogue

In January, Matt Damon caused a stir when he appeared with Ben Affleck on Joe Rogan's podcast and said Netflix urged the duo to restate the plot of the film "three or four times" and for the sake of distracted audience. The comment struck a chord because viewers have long suspected such a directive (just watch the final season of "Stranger Things), but Affleck, appearing at the Bloomberg Screentime conference on Wednesday night, set the record straight. "I've never met anybody who's had a note that idiotic and brazen," Affleck said, arguing that he and Damon had tried to debunk . . .