The Good Fight creators' attempt to blend satire with COVID and zombies is a reminder of the shows filmed during quarantine to mixed results, including special episodes of Mythic Quest and All Rise. "Starting in April 2020, quarantine productions began lurching onto our screens, well-intentioned in their desire to provide crews with gainful employment, but rarely finding constructive creative workarounds for the COVID constraints," says Inkoo Kang. "These were artistic ventures featuring actors interacting through Zoom and Skype screens, occasionally enlivened by actual in-person scenes shared by real-life spouses. By late summer, many productions had resumed, though the resulting shows bore some visual reminders — the nightclub scene with a half-dozen people, etc. — of complicated COVID protocols. COVID quarantine shoots were relics and a new normal reigned. Yet somehow, nearly 12 months to the day after the cast of Mythic Quest joined for an emotionally triumphant Zoom, and nine months after Freeform’s Love in the Time of Corona, the COVID production drama is back with The Bite, a strange exercise in nostalgia for a mode of shooting nobody is nostalgic for. Despite moderate creativity, The Bite‘s dated limitations outweigh its pleasures."
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TOPICS: Spectrum Originals, The Bite, Michelle King, Robert King, Coronavirus