Netflix Creators Discuss How Dark Series Tap Into Audience Anxiety at Deadline's The Visionaries Event
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Summary
Netflix creators behind four dark, anxiety-driven series — The Beast in Me, Death by Lightning, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and Black Rabbit — discuss how their shows tap into audience anxieties rather than providing escapism. The conversation, part of Netflix & Deadline Present: The Visionaries event, explores themes of murder, deceit, grief, familial estrangement, presidential assassinations, and complex mental health diagnoses that have resonated with viewers on the streaming platform.
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· 2 pulledSome television creators aim to provide audiences with an escape from the stresses of living in a tumultuous world. Others want to tap into those anxieties.
The shows tackle stories about murder, deceit, grief, familial estrangement, presidential assassinations, and complex mental health diagnoses — and all have found captive audiences on the streamer over the last year.
The creators of Netflix's Death By Lightning, Black Rabbit, The Best and Me and Monster: The Ed Gein Story discuss tapping into audiences' anxiety.
