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Nathan Fielder Critiques Paramount+ Over Removal of Holocaust Awareness Episode

Fielder uses HBO's The Rehearsal to dramatize his confrontation with Paramount+ after the Summit Ice episode of Nathan for You was pulled globally in 2023.

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Overview

  • Paramount+ removed the Summit Ice episode from Nathan for You in late 2023, citing 'sensitivities' following the Israel-Hamas conflict, with the decision originating in Germany.
  • The episode, which highlighted Fielder's creation of a Holocaust-awareness clothing brand, was globally removed from the platform after other European branches followed Germany's lead.
  • In The Rehearsal, Fielder reenacts his correspondence with Paramount+ and stages a simulated confrontation with an actor portraying a German Paramount+ executive in a Nazi-themed setting.
  • Fielder critiques the platform's representational imbalance, noting 50 search results for 'Nazi,' 10 for 'Hitler,' and none for 'Judaism' on Paramount+ at the time of filming.
  • Summit Ice, launched in 2015, has raised millions for Holocaust education and remains Fielder's self-described 'proudest achievement,' despite the episode's removal from Paramount+.