Adaptation studies on Netflix: approaches for theorizing streaming platforms

Resumo

This paper provides an introduction to Netflix and the practices of streaming services as remediation of older media, such as television and cinema. As a new medium, Netflix presents specificities in many aspects, from production to distribution and reception. This work intends to approach those characteristics from the perspective of Adaptation Studies, taking into consideration the negotiations between older and new media, which can both support and challenge concepts in our field of studies. It reflects on Anne with an E (literary adaptation), La Casa de Papel (format adaptation), Fuller House (post-literary adaptation), Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (meta-commentary) and Criminal (intramedial adaptation). In the last section, we propose three possible approaches for future works on streaming platforms: choices and processes of adaptation; adaptation as a tag genre; and new strategies of storytelling through technological features. Those are not exhaustive and should be understood as a start point for a much-necessary conversation on theorizing streaming platforms.