the show really follows characters
that are faced with the loneliest parts
of themselves
monsterland is a series of different
monster stories that are about really
broken people
and who through some supernatural force
were able to
become awakened
all of our characters have gotten to a
place where they need help
and that's the way that being human is
and so
i've given them monsters to help them
move through those roadblocks
we've brought monsters to life that are
not altogether monstrous which is also
something that i wanted to do on our
show
in showing that juxtaposition between
good and bad and between
horror and beauty i really love the tall
man he looks like a person
until the very end when he takes off his
skin
the actor who played tall man it's just
sort of faking it and still
the energy was so so intense and real
and very very scary
the tall man is a metaphor a
shape-shifter
someone who's able to take off their
skin and become a new person
later in the season an oil spill has
completely devastated the coastal
community
and an injured fisherman makes a
discovery
i think that charcoal and the mermaid
are able to relate about the loss of
identity and the way that that can break
a man in half
she's my catch whoa hey relax buddy
they found kindred spirits in each other
because they have both
been made to suffer our episodes are
lightly connected
and so i wanted to tell a story
about mental illness then hopefully
someone can say oh i see myself in that
and feel
less alone this thing that's inside of
me
it's mean all of our characters make
their way through a series of choices
that are
complicated and rich
the show asks us if we can escape who we
are
or combat our inner monster
it's finding what our monster-laden
monsters want to be
because it's not like anything anyone
else has ever seen before
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