Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary will be a ‘true watershed moment’ for the couple | US News


A black-and-white photo of Meghan lovingly gazing at Harry adorns a billboard on Sunset Boulevard, one of the busiest streets in Los Angeles.

It is one of many advertisements in downtown Los Angeles their new documentarywhich Netflix boldly declares to be a “global event.”

The streaming giant has paid the pair around £90m for a number of collaborative projects, including films and children’s shows, but the real value for Netflix lies in this behind-the-scenes documentary series.

It’s in Netflix’s best interest to build anticipation before its release, and they’ve been wagging tongues in Hollywood with the two trailers, four days apart.

“This documentary is going to be a real watershed moment for Harry and Meghan because it’s going to be about whether this moves the needle in the United States one way or the other in terms of what people think,” said Sean Mandell, a entertainment actor and real-life reporter, she says.

Mandell believes America is divided over the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and what to make of their divorce from the royal family.

“Like in the UK, there are those who are in the Sussex team, who will go to mattresses for them,” says Mandell, “but there is a minority who do not look kindly on them and will take this as an ‘Ah! “time to hang on to what they’re saying and say they’re misleading.”

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Harry and Meghan have chosen to make America their home, settling in the celebrity enclave of Montecito in California, where Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres also live.

Netflix is ​​an American-owned company with most of its subscribers in the United States and the director of the Harry and Meghan series, Oscar nominee Liz Garbus, is also American. It’s clear they’re hoping to appeal to an audience in Meghan’s home country and Harry’s adopted country.

They may find a more sympathetic ear in the US than in the UK, where the reaction to allegations of racism made in Oprah Winfrey’s interview was mixed. In the United States, the couple was widely celebrated for exposing the shortcomings of the royal family as an institution.

Harry and Meghan prod again from Netflix.  Photo: Netflix
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The week of the documentary series’ release, Meghan and Harry will accept the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award in New York for their work in addressing racial prejudice. Meghan will also find out if her Archetypes podcast won a People’s Choice Award.

If this series pits Harry and Meghan squarely against William and Kate — as seems likely — America will most likely side with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

The recent trip of the Prince and Princess of Wales to the United States, where they were given a lukewarm answer at a basketball game in Boston, confirms they’re not as popular as they once were, the royal family’s reputation damaged by the recent scandal, perhaps irreparably.

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