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‘The Penguin’ Showrunner Reflects On Series, Including Why It Was Easier To Sympathize With Sofia: “She Was The Closest Thing To A Hero”


'The Penguin' Showrunner Reflects On Series, Including Why It Was Easier To Sympathize With Sofia: "She Was The Closest Thing To A Hero"

HBO’s dark tale about the rise of Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot has come to an end, and not surprisingly, the limited series from Lauren LeFranc has left us with a few burning questions. Colin and I talked a lot about that, about imagining that he came from an event of a certain caliber, a certain class, to justify that Oz would be in a penguin-esque tuxedo to show that he’s achieved a level of power. Writing a guy like Oz, it starts kind of fun and freeing, and then you’re like, wow, this is a very distorted way to live in that level of darkness, for so long.

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