Joshua Petersen knew what he was getting into when he signed on to craft the production design for the new eight-episode Peacock streaming comedy series “Bupkis.” It’s described as former “Saturday Night Live” regular Pete Davidson’s “semi-autobiographical” comedy that presents “a heightened, fictionalized version of Pete’s real life” and combines “grounded storytelling with absurd elements.” So when Petersen read the pilot script and found that the opening scene featured Davidson masturbating to virtual reality porn and accidentally ejaculating onto the clothed chest of his mother Amy, he reasoned, “There’s some expectation of that.” Petersen quickly added, “But it’s also a show that earns its pathos and the deeper emotional things that you get in the first two episodes. It showed me what the show is capable of. That’s what really (interested) me.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
The fictionalized part of “Bupkis” finds...
The fictionalized part of “Bupkis” finds...
- 5/16/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
“The show gets immediately into some really emotionally charged stories that were really personal to me,” production designer Joshua Petersen shares about what drew him to Hulu’s “Life and Beth,” which was created by and stars Amy Schumer. The series toggles between present-day Manhattan, where Schumer’s character Beth works as a wine distributor, and 1990s Long Island in flashbacks to Beth’s adolescence. Those flashbacks really appealed to Petersen, who relished the opportunity to capture “the life and color of childhood” and create “an interesting palate and an arc and a through line.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Life and Beth” draws a lot of its inspiration from Schumer’s own life, and Petersen talks about collaborating closely with her to accurately recreate her past for the series. “Right from the beginning, I came back to New York to start and she had left flowers and a...
“Life and Beth” draws a lot of its inspiration from Schumer’s own life, and Petersen talks about collaborating closely with her to accurately recreate her past for the series. “Right from the beginning, I came back to New York to start and she had left flowers and a...
- 4/27/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
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