'Widow's Bay' On How Show Began As 'Parks & Rec' Episode

9 days ago by Skavau to c/television

As fans become consumed with the horrors of 'Widow's Bay', creator Katie Dippold told Deadline how the show began as a 'Parks & Recreation' episode.

acosmichippo 6 points 9 days ago

look, i like this show. but i don’t understand why they keep trying to push the idea that it’s a comedy.

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charokol 9 points 9 days ago

It’s been very funny throughout

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homes 5 points 9 days ago

It sure did have some bits of goofy humor moments in the first few episodes, and here and there in some of the middle episodes, but by the end, there wasn’t much of any humor at all.

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acosmichippo 4 points 9 days ago

right, there is comic relief for sure, but i would never call it a “comedy”. The IT movies also had comic relief.

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homes 2 points 9 days ago

I don’t think it was just comic relief. I think it started off much goofier, and then had a tone shift throughout the first season, where the comedy shifted into more psychological thriller. I think it was used to misdirect the viewer so that the psychological thriller aspect had a bigger impact. I think it was quite effective, especially the whole parks and rec style incompetence of the mayor and the administration staff. In the beginning, and set their idiocy up as one of the biggest threats and the disbelief that curses are real, both of them obstacles to be overcome.

It’s a little different than sprinkling a little bit of comic relief here and there like some other thrillers do. This was written into the entire structure of the first season.

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