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‘Agatha All Along’ Creator Jac Schaeffer on Inventing Agatha, Theories About Joe Locke’s Teen and Directing Patti LuPone
"Agatha All Along" showrunner Jac Schaeffer discussed her inspirations, directing Patti LuPone, and whether fans should try to read Joe Locke's lips.
From there, the coven must endure a series of life-or-death trials designed to test their witchcraft before they can arrive at the end of the road — a captivating premise that also allows “Agatha All Along” to tell a cohesive story with the episodic rhythms of classic television. When the show’s structure shifted exclusively to classic family sitcoms, that idea fell away, but after Schaeffer settled on doing an Agatha spinoff, she knew immediately that she wanted to resurrect that concept, and build the first episode around a prestige crime series. One moment in particular still takes Schaeffer’s breath away, when Ahn — whose character’s mother was a famous ’70s rock star who turned the ballad into a wildly popular pop hit — spontaneously shed a mascara-laden tear during her close-up performing the song.
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