About this episode

Katie Dippold discusses her new horror-comedy series Widow’s Bay and the balance of humor and horror in writing.

Katie Dippold created the new horror-comedy on Apple TV, Widow’s Bay . The show uses plenty of humor, and it nods to the horror greats, but it is not a spoof. It’s earnestly scary! She talks to Bullseye about maintaining the delicate balance of horror and comedy, writing movies that have been on the receiving-end of intense internet discourse, and what she learned writing for Parks and Recreation . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Thorn

Guest: Katie Dippold

Topics covered

• horror-comedy
• writing
• internet discourse
• television
• humor
• balance of genres

Keywords

• Katie Dippold
• Widow’s Bay
• horror-comedy
• Parks and Recreation
• Apple TV
• writing
• internet discourse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple TV, NPR

Books & works: Widow’s Bay, Parks and Recreation

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