* * * * *
                                        
   Mind-bending African-American musicals based on a book set in prehistoric
                     times from the 1970s about parenthood
                                        
> As our interview concluded, I pulled my computer back out and showed Yellin
> this one last chart. Take a good look at it. Something should stand out.
> 
> …
> 
> Sitting atop the list of mostly expected Hollywood stars is Raymond Burr,
> who starred in the 1950s television series Perry Mason. Then, at number
> seven, we find Barbara Hale, who starred opposite Burr in the show.
> 
> How can Hale and Burr outrank Meryl Streep and Doris Day, not to mention
> Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Cage, Fred Astaire, Sean Connery, and all these
> other actors in the top few dozen?
> 
> …
> 
> No, the strange thing is that these lists seem pretty spot-on, except for
> this weird Perry Mason thing.
> 
> Granted, the existence of all these Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale altgenres
> doesn't mean that Netflix users are having these movies pop up all the
> time. They are much more likely to get Action Movies Starring Bruce Willis.
> 
> But, then, why have all these genres?
> 
> * Mysteries starring Raymond Burr
> * Movies starring Raymond Burr
> * Dramas starring Raymond Burr
> * Thrillers starring Raymond Burr
> * Suspenseful Movies starring Raymond Burr
> * Suspenseful Dramas starring Raymond Burr
> * Cerebral Thrillers starring Raymond Burr
> * Cerebral Dramas starring Raymond Burr
> * Cerebral Suspenseful Dramas starring Raymond Burr
> * Cerebral Mysteries starring Raymond Burr
> * Cerebral Suspenseful Movies starring Raymond Burr
> * Cerebral Movies starring Raymond Burr
> * Murder Mysteries starring Raymond Burr
> * Understated Movies starring Raymond Burr
> * Understated Suspenseful Dramas starring Raymond Burr
> * Understated Suspenseful Movies starring Raymond Burr
> * Understated Mysteries starring Raymond Burr
> * Understated Thrillers starring Raymond Burr
> * Understated Dramas starring Raymond Burr
> 
> What was the deal?
> 

Via violet impudence [1], “How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood - Alexis
C. Madrigal - The Atlantic [2]”

Not only is it remarkable that Netflix [3] has classified its movies into
76,897 genres, but that Raymond Burr is the top one! Odd, given that Bunny
and I caught several “Perry Mason [4]” episodes on vacation last month.
Coincidence? Hmm … 

[1] http://violetimpudence.tumblr.com/post/72009069661/stfupenguins-
[2] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/how-netflix-
[3] http://www.netflix.com/
[4] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050051

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