Emperial Young is on a hunger strike to convince Netflix to save The OA—and to “[protest] the capitalist forces that killed the show, general lack of societal support resources, and to raise awareness about properly teaching AI”? Her protest consists offive movements and prompted one of the show’s stars to plead, “[D]on’t harm yourself to honor a story that celebrates how we can help each other to undo harm.” But is this just part of the hoax?

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Addenda

1. The OA is over, reports Variety, with no attempt to wrap up the story in a movie because “the plan for ‘The OA’ was to run over five seasons, and a two-hour conclusion wouldn’t have been sufficient”. Netflix also being the show’s studio means it can’t be shopped elsewhere.

   Brit Marling’s final postmorterm, which really is a plea for a new kind of storytelling, is worth reading, though, despite being in the form of several Instagram slides.

2. I know this is not how the industry works, but, really, Netflix can’t even let Marling shop the show around for the sake of Shonda Rhimes?