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DZ-87: Keeping Genre fresh

How do you deliver on the emotional contract of a genre while surprising the audience?

Legacy Episode — Migrated from our original site. Will take time to tidy up!

⏱ 2h 13m
28 MAR 2022

Show Notes

In tackling this enormous topic, Stu and Chads enlist professional TV writer and director Kodie Bedford, someone who has somehow managed to defy genre pigeon-holing by writing mystery, comedy and vampire shows.

The three of them look at GET OUT, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN and THE INVISIBLE MAN (with reference to PARASITE, JOHN WICK, TAKEN, KNIVES OUT and more) to see what tools the writers have used to deliver on the expectations of a genre while moving that genre on, without writing something stale.

Thanks to Chris for editing this episode.

Thanks to our Patrons, especially Khrob, Theis, Sandra, Jesse, Randy, Paulo, Thomas, Jennifer, Malay, Alexandre and Lily.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.


Chapters

  • 00:00:57 – Intro: Keeping Genre Fresh
  • 00:03:10 – What is Genre?
  • 00:16:30 – Get Out
  • 00:45:10 – Promising Young Woman
  • 01:25:08 – The Invisible Man
  • 01:59:18 – Wrap Up
  • 02:11:44 – Thanks to our Patreons!

Scripts

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