From the pun in the title to the idea of following a dealer all over New York to watching people smoke in almost every episode,tall Maintenance makes it tough to believe that it isn't mostly just a indicate about weed. But in fact, it's the scarce anthology series that isn't plot- or mystery-driven, and but fully character-driven. It asks audiences to invest in characters they often only spend a few minutes with,and to empathize with their circumstances. That's share of what makes it so challenging.
Glen Weldon and I sat down this week with All Things Considered host Audie Cornish and Weekend Edition editor Barrie Hardymon, and we found that we all saw tall Maintenance differently. Its bleakness and its humanity combine in really interesting ways, and the minimal information we pick up about its one ongoing character,the dealer known only as The Guy (Ben Sinclair, who co-created the indicate with Katja Blichfeld) keeps the indicate at a slight remove, and but also allows the focus to remain on the rotating cast. It's an interesting mix,and it was an interesting conversation. Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
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