10 TV Shows That Weren't Worth The Controversy
1. Gypsy
The Naomi Watts-starring psychological thriller series Gypsy came under fire before it even released on Netflix due to its title, with Roma organisations criticising the show for naming itself after a racist slur often used against Romani people.
A petition demanding that Netflix re-title the show prior to release even garnered a few thousand signatures, though the streamer pressed on with their original plans regardless.
Netflix and the series' creators defended the title as a reference to the Fleetwood Mac song "Gypsy," though for many offended by the word, that wasn't really good enough.
All the same, the controversy ended up having a longer shelf life than the show itself, which premiered in June 2017 and barely made a dent, resulting in its cancellation a short while later.
And seven (!) years on from its release, how many people even remember that Gypsy ever existed?