Don't Go Calling After Ghosts.

Don't go calling after ghosts.

I am here - flesh, blood, bone

and devotion.

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.

These are so fun to make

Breaking news! New single "Bart's Bike" by dirtbag boyband @bearsintreesofficial revealed to be specifically written about the long-distance best friend I constantly worry about! 1 dead, dozens more injured.

have some mercy my dude

Wilbur is implying he was involved in the death of an elderly war criminal!