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It was a beautiful, if under-covered, story of Netflix success.
(I truly believeNailed It!will survive the rapture and nuclear apocalypse.)
This show is trash.
I will die on that hill.
And after I die, I will haunt said hill in the afterlife.
Easy Bake Battleis a Netflix food competition hosted by Antoni Porowski ofQueer Eyefame.
Simple enough, right?
But you dont get that description when you first see the title.
At least, that is what I said to myself as I pressed play.
The contestants were nice enough.
Antoni was hot enough.
But I was waiting for those little bitty Easy-Bake Ovens.
Ahhh, those perfect, wonderful, charming little Easy-Bake Ovens.
But heres the thing: There isnot a single Easy-Bake Oven to be foundinEasy Bake Battle.
Not a single one!
But … those are … just.
Right up there withHappy Endingsbeing canceled after only three seasons.
Right up there with the Dream Season ofDallas.
Right up there with every time Beyonce lost Album of the Year at the Grammys.
ButEasy Bake Battleis more than just a disappointment.
A sign of the editorial vision and direction of Netflix.
Its safe to say the company takes its viewers and their pleasure a lot less seriously than it should.
In my mind, Netflix, at its best, functions as a utility, not a luxury.
And the company seems to think viewers like me are too stupid to tell.
Turn on the light bulb, Netflix, and just keep cooking what I love.
