According to Variety’s sources, such issues bloated the series’ budget to least $120 million, making it, potentially, Netflix’s answer to Heaven’s Gate. Also, the director makes an odd fit for a show that’s meant to bore into the birth of hip-hop, during “the Bronx is burning” era of the late ‘70s. Luckily, hip-hop soars on exaggeration, elaborated through its boastful raps, out-sized personae, gravity-defying dancing, and Technicolor graffiti.
