Here's What Happens When You Ask Netflix to Go to Prom With You

Teen's tweet leads to a memorable, movie-fueled night

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Muthana Sweis, a student at Marist High School in Chicago, took two dates to his junior prom—and one of them was Netflix.

In a January tweet, the 17-year-old asked the company if it would accompany him on March 29 if his request got 1,000 retweets. (He probably asked Netflix because everyone knows that Comcast is taking Time Warner this year.) Netflix agreed, raising the question of how exactly a streaming service goes on a date.

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