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@flyingfish1 / flyingfish1.tumblr.com

Fangirl. Fan of fandom. Recovering lurker. Introvert. She/her. Multifandom blog. SPN, Black Sails, OFMD, Good Omens, etc. Also contains sporadic meta, stuff about writing, recipes, and cats.
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eddie-redcliffe
'There's nothing better than working with friends because it just feels comfortable. And with an old friend like Taika, [...] we think the same and we have the same sense of humor. So, already, we're having a good laugh before we're in the thick of it.'
#Rhys Darby#Taika Waititi#ofmd behind the scenes#ofmd#s3 or no s3 I really hope they act together again#I mean I'm sure they'll *work* together again#but they don't often act opposite each other and I hope they do more of that in the future#they're so good! and obviously they enjoy it!
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Last year-ish I recall an interview with Rhys Darby where he was talking about being a young comedian and feeling like he always had to get the bigger and bigger laugh, to keep the audience, and the result was that he stopped caring how he got it. As he got older, he decided to just do his art, stop worrying about it, and hope the audience met him there. (I'm paraphrasing, 'cause I can't find the interview.)

I think this translates to what we see in OFMD with him and Taika Waititi, and what David Jenkins has said about how they make each other vulnerable. They don't try to undercut those serious, more emotional moments with humor, to "get the bigger laugh," and that's a big part of what makes the Stede/Ed relationship work. It's funny and it's fun, but there's no puncturing of the emotions with a sudden joke (which would've been so easy to do, and I'm sure there are times in rehearsal where they went too far and had to pull back). Even the ad-lib of the thumb war doesn't puncture anything, because it's sweet and silly and in character, and also quite intimate. The little whispered "you won" packs so much joy and love.

It's cool how the comedy itself is profound because it works alongside the more serious emotions, and that's very much down to the two of them.

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#yes yes#that's one of the things I appreciate most about this show#despite being a comedy they never use humour undermine the earnestness of the feelings#ofmd#ofmd meta#Rhys Darby
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