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RSS FeedsNetflix's Disenchantment: What We Learned About Matt Groening's New Show At Comic-Con 2018
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21 july 2018 20:50:27

 
Netflix's Disenchantment: What We Learned About Matt Groening's New Show At Comic-Con 2018
(GameSpot PSP News)
 


Prior to San Diego Comic-Con 2018, all we knew about Netflix and Matt Groening`s new show, Disenchantment, was what we saw in a brief teaser trailer: It`s a fantasy show, made by Groening (the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama), and it stars an irreverent, relatable princess played by Broad City`s Abbi Jacobson. During group interviews at the convention, we learned a whole lot more.Groening, who`s been embroiled in controversy lately, was totally focused on promoting Disenchantment during Comic-Con. Alongside longtime collaborator Josh Weinstein--who also worked on both The Simpsons and Futurama--he described his influences for the show, which go back to his childhood dreams of an `enchanted forest.`He didn`t want to make a straight fantasy show, though, and he and Weinstein hope to subvert the genre`s many tropes--both old and new. `The princess is a perfect example,` said Weinstein. `It used to be like the Disney princess, but also, I think a lot of writers make the mistake too of going the other way--it`s like, `She`s totally kick-ass and she`s perfect.` So we wanted to bust that trope and actually make, what if the princess were just like, a realistic 19-year-old young woman?``The tendency in a lot of epic fantasies and science fiction is `good vs. evil,` and we tried to shade it a little bit,` Groening added. `[King Zog, played by Bender and Jake the Dog actor John DiMaggio] here starts out pretty villainous, but then you find out he has his reasons, and he`s not all bad. And same thing with [Princess] Bean, who`s the star of the show, and who it`s all about. She`s not perfect by any means--she makes some bad mistakes and she has a lot of flaws, but you like her anyway.`Monty Python and the Holy Grail proved to be a big influence, unsurprisingly, given the setting. But Disenchantment`s home on Netflix allowed Groening and Weinstein more freedom than they`re used to. Netflix has become known as a place where creators can fulfill their visions without stu ...


 
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