Episode 2 of “The Rehearsal” Season 2 noticed Nathan Fielder partaking within the type of elaborate simulation of a social interplay that has turn into his trademark in recent times. However somewhat than a bar trivia dispute or an uncomfortable cockpit second, this rehearsal noticed the comic put together to deal with an actual drawback from his personal skilled life: the elimination of the Summit Ice episode of “Nathan for You” from Paramount+.
Formally titled “Horseback Driving/Man Zone,” Season 3, Episode 2 of “Nathan for You” noticed Fielder use his outlandish ways to resolve a wide range of small enterprise issues. Essentially the most notable storyline from the episode concerned Fielder studying that the model Taiga had printed a tribute to a Holocaust denier, prompting him to start out his personal outerwear model, Summit Ice, which positioned Holocaust remembrance entrance and heart. Whereas the episode discovered humor in Fielder convincing a sporting items retailer proprietor to let him construct an elaborate show of details about Hitler’s atrocities subsequent to the jackets, Summit Ice has continued to function as an actual model that donates all of its proceeds to Holocaust remembrance organizations.
Fielder has since moved on from “Nathan for You,” however “The Rehearsal” introduced the present again to the general public consciousness this week when Fielder revealed that the Summit Ice episode is not accessible on the present’s streaming house. He traced the transfer again to a call from Paramount+’s German division, which he claimed cited “sensitivities” over the “Nathan for You” episode’s engagement with the Holocaust as a motive to tug it. The choice appeared to have ripple results all through the huge leisure conglomerate, and the episode is now unavailable around the globe.
Fielder used the episode’s elimination to make a broader level in regards to the availability of Jewish content material on Paramount+. “At the moment on the Paramount app, there are 50 outcomes for ‘nazi,’ 10 for ‘Hitler’ and nil for ‘Judaism,’” he stated at one level throughout “The Rehearsal” episode. “We’ve been erased.”
Fielder admitted that he was in a clumsy state of affairs. Though he was not making “Nathan for You” for Paramount, the corporate backed his Showtime collection, “The Curse,” which has but to be renewed for Season 2. However even when the confrontation carried skilled danger, Fielder was ready to resolve the state of affairs by hiring actors to assist him put together for a gathering with the pinnacle of Paramount+ Germany.
“Horseback Driving/Man Zone” is presently streaming on Max together with all episodes of “Nathan for You.” A Paramount+ spokesperson instructed The Hollywood Reporter that the “Nathan for You” episode was faraway from the streaming service following a “requirements assessment.” IndieWire has reached out for extra remark.