Although Netflix releases series every month, it also cancels productions in a very significant proportion. And, one of the most emblematic cases is what happened with “The Get Down”, which was canceled after only one season despite the fact that each episode cost ten million dollars and had had a good public reception.
The series depicted Brooklyn in the 1970s, so it was imperative to recreate that particular era. In this way, the only season it had cost 120 million dollars. Netflix’s content director explained: “It is a very expensive television job, mainly due to its cinematographic ambition. “The reason Baz Luhrmann movies work around the world is because of that kind of appeal.”
But, this argument was not enough and Netflix gave its thumbs down to “The Get Down”, a dramatic musical series that revolves around the world of disco music, R&B, punk and hip-hop, all of them musical styles. that triumphed in the Bronx during the 70s and transformed the world. The main cast consists of Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Herizen f. Guardiola, Skylan Brooks, TJ Brown, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Giancarlo Esposito, among others.
