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Netflix's The Witcher creator responds to small backlash over her diverse writing staff
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Lauren S. Hissrich is adapting the beloved Polish book series by author Andrzej Sapkowski for television. But when she posted a photo of her writing staff featuring men and women of differences races, some Witcher fans feared that the Netflix series wouldn't hew to the book's European roots. So Hissrich has taken the time to respond to them, telling them she hired based on "blind hiring."
TOPICS: Netflix, The Witcher, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, Diversity
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