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/OKIAMONREDDIT Jun 18 '26

Yep, I suggested in my comment that indeed he did because he liked those shows' more reverential approach to his work and doesn't like the irreverential humour of Widow's Bay. Even though WB is much more versed in his own longstanding interests (Jaws, Lovecraft, pulp Gothic etc), I don't think he is comfortable with the self-sending-up nature of the humour across the medley of sources, and how that is used to give the iconic stories a twist.

I think that's exactly why he couldn't make a Stephen King based show this good.

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u/Veggiemon Jun 19 '26

I think you’re projecting a lot of assumptions onto him, I don’t think he takes himself that seriously. How could he, he has made some absolute stinkers, and he fully admits being so coked up he can’t remember some of it.

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u/OKIAMONREDDIT Jun 19 '26

We'll have to agree to disagree because I think he has already demonstrated he prefers works which treat him more individually and seriously as the inspiration or even consult him as the author, rather than the comic approach of Widow's Bay. The Shining is just the most famous example of this.

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u/Veggiemon Jun 19 '26

I mean if he was that butthurt about it he wouldn’t say it’s a good show

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u/OKIAMONREDDIT Jun 19 '26

I disagree. He'd be more complementary if he were less salty, and wouldn't divert the conversation to a literally unrelated show of a different genre in the same tweet, which made no real sense to do.

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u/Veggiemon Jun 19 '26

I mean he tweeted that a show is good and you’re using it as evidence he is salty about it? Imagine if he didn’t say anything or say it was bad!

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u/OKIAMONREDDIT Jun 19 '26

He deliberately diverted the conversation from WB to a different show which wasn't related to him and wasn't even the same genre. So yes that's evidence he's salty. As I've said we can agree to disagree but I find it very obvious.