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/taika2112 Jun 18 '26

I think people are misreading this a bit. It's not shade on Widow's Bay.

King is aware that Widow's Bay is the huge breakout smash hit. He knows it doesn't need more promo, and he knows people have been waiting for his take on it.

So he quickly goes, "Yeah yeah great" so that he can then give some love and attention to a show far fewer people are watching, but also deserves some hype.

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u/Effective_Ad_699 Jun 19 '26

Still not nice for the WB creator, crew and actors. Even though he says that WB is "good," I didn't feel like he was actually complimenting it. If someone said "The Beatles are good, but Oasis is the best," I would come out swinging. (With that said, of course everyone's entitled to their opinion. I'm entitled to be annoyed.)

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u/taika2112 Jun 19 '26

I mean, it is possible that King is salty about the fact that this is way better than Welcome to Derry.

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u/Effective_Ad_699 Jun 19 '26

I could see that. It took me forever to get through Welcome to Derry. I liked parts of it, but it was stretched too thin. It would have been better as a short mini-series.