Through its four seasons, Snowfall has explored a story whose gripping force is grounded in a sobering history: crack cocaine’s siege on South Los Angeles in the 1980s.
Yet the FX series has pointedly integrated moments of humor and brightness, achieving a blend of tones that is a key aspect of the show’s appeal.Creator Dave Andron said he and his collaborators took inspiration from similarly shaded work like The Wire and Boogie Nights.“We knew we wouldn’t have to reach for the darkness” given the show’s subject, Andron said during the series’ panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event. “What we’d always have to look for is the lightness and where’s the kind of effed-up and funny. … We know the audience is going to need
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