And both he and Waitiki direct and write several episodes. And Clement is one-half of the goofball musical duo "Flight Of The Conchords." For this new FX version, Clement is creator. Waitiki directed the recent "Thor: Ragnarok" movie. Both of them have substantial pop culture standing. The original incarnations of "What We Do In The Shadows" came from New Zealand, where Jemaine Clement and Taika Waitiki (ph) wrote, directed and starred in a comedy short in 2005, followed by a very funny feature film in 2014. And it's also got a bit of "The Odd Couple" in its comedy veins because the show is about a small group of vampire roommates, male and female, sharing the same lair, who really don't get along that well. It's like "The Office" only with fangs and occasional spurts of blood.
"What We Do In The Shadows," premiering this week on FX, takes the "Dark Shadows" trick and applies it to yet another TV genre - the comedy series specifically, the fake documentary comedy series. Here's David's review.ĭAVID BIANCULLI (BYLINE): Over the decades, television has taken some significant new approaches to the ever-evolving vampire legend - the vampires as a persecuted social class in "True Blood," the vampire as avenging hero in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and "Angel." Back in the 1960s, there even was the vampire as tragic romantic figure in "Dark Shadows," a cult series that managed somehow to build a daily soap opera around vampires, witches and werewolves. It's called "What We Do In The Shadows." And it's based on a film from New Zealand. But our TV critic David Bianculli says there's never been one even remotely like the new series premiering tonight on the FX network. The history of television has included several series and movies featuring vampires.
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