Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman, shared the script to a scene involving director David Fincher that Netflix asked him to remove from the series.Bob-Waksberg first brought up the scene on Twitter in response to the news that Dave Chappelle would be headlining the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival in Los Angeles April 28-May 2, 2022. In recent months, Chappelle has faced backlash for his Netflix comedy special The Closer, which has been accused of being harmful to the transgender community. While even Netflix employees have criticized the special, the company itself has continued to defend it.RELATED: The Differences Between the Worlds of Tuca & Bertie and BoJack HorsemanAccording to Bob-Waksberg, Netflix seemed a bit more sensitive about potentially offending film director David Fincher back when BoJack Horseman was still ongoing, at least at the time. "Still mystified that apparently Dave Chappelle's deal is that he says whatever he wants and Netflix just has to air it, unedited," he wrote. "Is that normal, for comedians? Because Netflix once asked me to change a joke because they were worried it might upset David Fincher." Bob-Waksberg noted that it was a "dumb scene" and that Netflix was right to want it cut. "My point was it's silly for a network to pretend their hands are tied when it comes to the content they put on their network."

Bob-Waksberg agreed to share the script for the David Fincher scene if 100 people replied to his thread with receipts of donations made to Trans Lifeline, a non-profit organization that offers emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis. After raising over $2,000 for the charity from 100 donations, Bob-Waksberg posted the script for the scene -- which comes from an early draft of Season 1, Episode 7, "Say Anything."

In the scene, Princess Carolyn is preparing to attend a baby shower for her friend Kirstin, a subplot and character that was ultimately cut from the episode as well. It turns out David Fincher is also going to the baby shower. He arrives on the scene asking, "What up, slut?" and has been kicked off his latest movie after Brenda (another character who ultimately never made it into the series) told the studio he was a crack addict. Noticing his gift, Princess Carolyn repeatedly asks Fincher, "What's in the box?" Fincher takes a second to realize she's referencing his film Se7en.

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Fincher has worked with Netflix since the streaming service began making original content, producing and occasionally directing shows like House of Cards and Mindhunter. He also directed the Oscar-winning movie Mank for Netflix and is an executive producer for the animated anthology show Love, Death & Robots and the video essay series Voir.

In response to television critic Alan Sepinwall's bafflement that Netflix might have found this scene offensive, Bob-Waksberg acknowledges he might have misread the initial notes from the network, tweeting, "Honestly, who knows? That was my read at the time, but I went back and read their note and I think probably they just didn't think it was that funny. In any case, the show didn't suffer without it. Good night, everybody!"

Bob-Waksberg did not answer whether or not the BoJack Horseman version of David Fincher was, in fact, a finch.

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