Widows Bay : la sortie qui fait sensation

Widows Bay en Sweden fait l'actualité ce jeudi. “Widow’s Bay” stars Matthew Rhys as Mayor Tom Loftis, leader of the titular quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. (Variety)

Les faits

• “Widow’s Bay” stars Matthew Rhys as Mayor Tom Loftis, leader of the titular quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England.
• Such is the dilemma posed by Widow’s Bay for its mayor, Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys), in a 10-part series that in the very best way defies categorisation.
• Prolific TV director and producer Hiro Murai found himself in the eye of a storm, literally, while making Apple TV's "Widow's Bay.
• Mare of Easttown meets Schitt’s Creek in this rich, wonderful and laugh-out-loud series, in which a put-upon mayor tries to turn a cursed New England island into a tourist hotspot.
• But Widow’s Bay is also a comedy, somewhere between workplace and family.

L'essentiel

the Guardian indique que such is the dilemma posed by Widow’s Bay for its mayor, Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys), in a 10-part series that in the very best way defies categorisation. D'après Variety, Prolific TV director and producer Hiro Murai found himself in the eye of a storm, literally, while making Apple TV's "Widow's Bay. Comme le souligne the Guardian, Mare of Easttown meets Schitt’s Creek in this rich, wonderful and laugh-out-loud series, in which a put-upon mayor tries to turn a cursed New England island into a tourist hotspot. Selon the Guardian, But Widow’s Bay is also a comedy, somewhere between workplace and family.

Les chiffres

“This is something that she’s been holding on to for a really long time, but with all the adventurous half-hour shows that were coming out in the last 10 years, she kind of restructured it and tried to rebuild it in a different way,” Murai said. (Variety) D'après Slate Magazine, It’s not, for many of the first season’s 10 episodes, really clear what terrible things have happened in the town’s fog-shrouded history—even by the end, we’re still just getting hints. Comme le souligne Variety, Murai sees it as “a little 2000s nostalgia, but it’s also a meta teen drama that felt very of its time,” adding: “And just as a cultural artifact, it’s been really fun to go back to. Selon Variety, ‘90 Day: The Single Life: Tell All’ to Be Hosted by Ross Mathews.

Ce qu'ils disent

“Katie’s script was so unique, I just hadn’t read anything that felt like that,” Murai said. “It felt like real people who have gone through real things, but it also felt like it was touching on an older era of television. (Variety) “TV is such a strange format because it takes so many people to build the ecosystem where a show can thrive,” Murai said. “And execs and the kind of network point of view is very much sort of inextricable from that. (Variety) “We’re working on a few different projects and they’re in different pilot stages, in different genres,” Murai said. “One is a grounded sci-fi project. (Variety)

Le contexte

Selon the Guardian, But here he pivots with gorgeous ease from terror to comedy (and there are actual laugh-out-loud moments in Widow’s Bay) to “real” stuff – grief-tinted scenes about losing his wife, heartfelt scenes with Tom’s recalcitrant teenage son. the Guardian indique que there are many ways, Widow’s Bay suggests, to be haunted – and many ways for evil to creep through a community. D'après Slate Magazine, Matthew Rhys’ new series is like if Welcome to Derry were a comedy. Comme le souligne Slate Magazine, Horror and comedy have gone hand in hand since long before Abbott and Costello met Frankenstein.

Recherches associées

Les recherches associées qui dominent la conversation : “Widow’s Bay” : une série horrifique grisante, virtuose et… drôle, qui doit beaucoup à Stephen King • “Widow’s Bay”, que vaut la nouvelle série star d’Apple TV ? • On prend un ticket (sans retour) pour Widow’s Bay, la nouvelle série horrifique d’Apple TV • « Widow’s Bay » ou l’angoisse délicieuse • Widow’s Bay : c’est quoi cette série qui mêle horreur et comédie ? • “Widow’s Bay” imagine une île hantée qui mérite la visite.

À retenir

• Such is the dilemma posed by Widow’s Bay for its mayor, Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys), in a 10-part series that in the very best way defies categorisation.
• There are many ways, Widow’s Bay suggests, to be haunted – and many ways for evil to creep through a community.
• They’re the most technically demanding genres, where a laugh or a scare can hinge on a difference in timing or tone, and both function as release valves for truths that are too painful to look at directly.
• Recherches qui explosent : “Widow’s Bay” : une série horrifique grisante, virtuose et… drôle, qui doit beaucoup à Stephen King, “Widow’s Bay”, que vaut la nouvelle série star d’Apple TV ?, On prend un ticket (sans retour) pour Widow’s Bay, la nouvelle série horrifique d’Apple TV, « Widow’s Bay » ou l’angoisse délicieuse.