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Is it a family sitcom?
Is it a horny single-cam workplace comedy?
Is it a richly detailed fantasy you’ve got the option to geek out over?
But ultimately,Shadowsis one big joke(What if vampires but on Staten Island?)
that is constantly spitting out thousands of little baby jokes like a Mogwai caught in the rain.
It probably comes from comedy-writer ennui where we just want new stuff.
Theyre the funniest twins we know, explained Yana Gorskaya, who directed the episode.
It felt like a really natural fit.
Then they were really gracious and auditioned.
We were going to just do it in front of a wall, Jason said.
Shes like, No, no, no, lets go outside.
Lets treat this like youre in the scene regardless of where we are.
We started doing this thing where the subtext was,Hey, Im Bran.
I like to have a little fun, Randy explained.
I mean, it happens.
Jay got to doCurb Your Enthusiasmall those years ago, Randy said.
And so this is karmic Jason interjects before Randy finishes the sentence: Payback.
Not that Jason was stuck with nothing to do.
And Im just getting drenched.
Im sitting in pools and pools of this fake blood, and its so great.
Gorskaya supported the play: As soon as they would cut, she would laugh, Jason explained.
It was super-encouraging without being overtly encouraging.
Not a lot of directors do that.
I feel like I was made to do this episode, she said.
Our show was already documentary style, so the parallels are there in terms of the handheld look.
But it was helpful to have conversations about how to make it look and feel different from a regularShadowsepisode.
And the little fake succulent plants and the throw over the arm chair, lovingly laid out.)
We packed a whole bunch of Nandorness in that room, she said.
(Luckily, Gorskaya speaks Russian.)
I almost ran in and stopped it, but Nick seemed to be enjoying it.
We sent them JibJab references for the vampire cutouts to add to theirProperty Brothersstyle, Gorskaya said.
For the shows voice-over, sherecruited Tina Morasco, whose voice viewers may know fromLove It or List It.
Yeah, shes a separate person whose name is actually Adele Dazeem.
Shes probably been at an award show where someones called her Idina Menzel by accident, Sawyer explained.
Theres a lot of backstory there.
Perhaps well get into it one day.
