Netflix Bites brings tastes of shows to Vegas. Think Stranger Things pizza, Bridgerton tea
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As you crest the summit, a large image of Beth Harmon,
Anya Taylor-Joy 's character from The Queen's Gambit, hangs to the right. Harmon nestles in a giant martini glass, a chess piece held aloft, chess boards above and below.
Other images from the titles that inspired Netflix Bites hang throughout: a surfer riding a slice of pepperoni pizza that nods to the Surfer Boy Pizza chain in
Stranger Things , Queen Charlotte from
Bridgerton literally spilling all the tea as she reads Lady Whistledown gossip, the One Piece pirate ship with a cargo of Japanese rice-and-seaweed musubi snacks, and several more artworks.
These images, rendered in saturated colours, owe something to cartoon stills, something to pop art, even a little something to posters by 19th-century French painter Toulouse-Lautrec.
Netflix Bites aims to bring the streaming platform's shows to life, according to its vice-president of consumer products Josh Simon. Photo: AFP
Their aesthetic appeal joins with the game of identifying the shows 'behind' the art – yes, that is a manager from
Squid Game shown as the frank in a hot dog – and with favourite memories from watching these shows.
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