{"id":287,"date":"2010-04-26T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kafraco.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/happy-town\/"},"modified":"2010-04-26T09:09:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T13:09:16","slug":"happy-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kafraco.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/happy-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Town?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m on the fence about the new ABC<\/a> show \u2018Happy Town<\/a>\u2019. It appears to be a murder mystery, not a crime of the week cop show like Castle or The Mentalist<\/a>. The producers wanted to make a truly scary TV show because they think nothing like that has been done so far. However, when someone says \u201cScary murder mystery TV show\u201d, I think of the CBS<\/a> show \u2018Harper\u2019s Island<\/a>\u2019. I can only hope that \u2018Happy Town\u2019 can come close to that show.<\/p>\n

The biggest thing that puts me on the fence is the theme music. I know it may sound a little petty, but the music sounds a lot like the theme music for \u2018Eastwyck\u2019, a show that was unfortunately overlooked by a lot of people. I\u2019m pretty sure they want to be ironic with the music, but if \u2018Happy Town\u2019 wants to be truly scary, then the lighthearted music needs to go away. As evidenced by the rampant misuse of the word, people don\u2019t really like irony.<\/p>\n

As I was typing this, I thought of another truly scary TV show, it was a Fox show called \u2018Point Pleasant<\/a>\u2019 and dealt with a mysterious girl who came to a beachside town.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here is a glimpse of the first fifteen minutes of \u2018Happy Town\u2019 from the ABC website: <\/p>\n

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