We’re entering a new golden age of Kiwi comedy, and it is thanks to mainly two people: Jemaine Clement, co-star of the Grammy Award-winning music duo Flight of the Conchords, and Taika Waititi, the trailblazing filmmaker and actor to whom this week’s edition ofFor those who have never heard of Taika Waititi, he has typically been afforded the same reverence as Wes Anderson, and has collected a similar cult following.
Taika Watiti and Jemaine Clement’s ‘What we do in the shadows’ has given the vampire genre life after death. It won’t make you take vampires seriously again – quite the contrary – as it embraces the ridiculous associations which have been forced onto them with a satirical send-up that will leave you grimacing with laughter.
‘What we do in the shadows’ cleverly answers that question, and the juxtaposition of the supernatural subject matter with the mundane context of daily modern life is simply hilarious.
Indeed, a series of the same name created by Jemaine Clement, premiered in March this year. The series features different characters, living in Staten Island, but is based on the same concept. It is just as entertaining and is currently available on Showmax.