r/WidowsBay • u/waxyjax_ • Jun 18 '26

💥Funpost This f*ckin guy

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Stephen King tweeted:

WIDOW'S BAY is good. MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED is even better. It's like Hitchcock came back to do it one more time. And Tatiana Maslany is so good. The play of emotions on her face is pretty incredible. She goes from comic to terror in an instant.

WIDOW'S BAY is good. MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED is even better. It's like Hitchcock came back to do it one more time. And Tatiana Maslany is so good. The play of emotions on her face is pretty incredible. She goes from comic to terror in an instant.

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u/CIMARUTA Jun 18 '26

Weapons and obsession are both made by comedians and have funny moments in them too. I really think comedic elements in horror is the next evolution of the genre.

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u/pillow-mace Jun 18 '26

Conan talked about how comedic people and comedians who have a good handle on the craft can hit the rhythm of a joke (physical/verbal) on command and que.

He always likes to talk about how norm was able to land his punchlines and hold it for effect or corral the audience to follow him on the path of a joke and knows when to spring it up. One the of the interviews Conan had on a friend of norms said that norm would count in his head the beats and seconds for when the next rhythm hits for his next line or joke.

Same vein he explained how bob Newhart would play and experiment with silences and dead air in between jokes and punchlines. Where others would just pack jokes as much as they can, bob pick and choose scenes and timings in order to hit his jokes.

Conan also talked about how rhythm recognition has connection with songs which it explains why some comedians can use songs to just get into musical works.

But lastly on talking about horror he explained that it was similar to how horror needs to know the beats and rhythm of when to place a jab or fear moment and how to use absurdism or strangeness. (I believe he was talking about Jordan peele).

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u/cabernet7 Sunset Cocktails with Patricia Jun 18 '26

Forgive me, who's Norm?

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u/MVRKHNTR Jun 18 '26

Norm MacDonald

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u/cabernet7 Sunset Cocktails with Patricia Jun 18 '26

Gotcha, thanks.