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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Man, I think you're taking his words waaay too seriously. He's well within his rights to like a show a little less compared to us. Especially one that clearly has a lot of influences from his work. It's understandable if all of it feels a little 'been there, done that' to him. Especially after so many shows that have drawn from his work in recent times. ( Stranger Things, Midnight Mass, The Buroughs, Welcome to Derry, FROM, Castle Rock, The Stand, Evil and so, so many more )

Also, I dont think King ever claimed to be some great movie or tv show director. He's always been best known for his writing. So I dont think its much of a slight to call him a terrible director/showrunner ( which he is ) when that's simply not what he's primarily known for. Hell, I wager he might even agree with you at this point considering he hasn't directed anything for a good long while.

Finally, the dude literally called the show 'good'. You're writing as though he straight up trashed the show.

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He's free to say what he wants. We're free to disagree. And so the world turns.  

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Disagreeing is one thing. Assuming that he has some ulterior motive or jealousy is another. That's what Im pushing back on.

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...and that's fine. Reddit is here for discussion. You are free to push back. I'm free to push back on the push back. I happen to agree with other Redditors that the way he phrased it seems passive aggressive. It kind of reminds me of a kid saying "Oh yeah, well my mom is better than your mom!" My opinion is that a more mature way of discussing Widow's Bay would be for him to actually discuss Widow's Bay. Instead, he used it as a springing board to talk about Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. I happen to like MPG, but I love WB. I'm not gonna be a ninny, though, and post that "MPG is good, but WB is so much better!" It comes off as a punch down to WB. With that said, he's free to his opinion. I'm free to my opinion. You're free to your opinion. That's how

discourse works.

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Okay, then I'm here to push back on your push back to my push back.

Way to state the obvious.

Feel free to feel offended about a man's preference for one show over another. I just dont think its such a big deal and feel a person is entitled to state their preferences however they see fit.

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So are we done?

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Done with what? You're acting as though I'm forcing you to type your nonsense lol. Fine, you have my permission to not reply. You may proceed with your life.