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Deadly Manners is a 2017 fiction podcast produced by AMC Networks and The Paragon Collective starring RuPaul, LeVar Burton, Anna Chlumsky, and Kristen Bell.
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Deadly Manners is a 2017 fiction podcast produced by AMC Networks and The Paragon Collective starring RuPaul, LeVar Burton, Anna Chlumsky, and Kristen Bell.
The podcast debuted on October 13, 2017. [1] [2] The podcast was produced by AMC Networks in partnership with The Paragon Collective and available on SundanceNow as well as Shudder. [3] The podcast was directed by Alex Aldea and created by Ali Garfinkel. [4] The podcast stars Anna Chlumsky and Kristen Bell. [5] [6] The podcast introduction is performed by RuPaul. [7] LeVar Burton is the narrator of the podcast. [8] The podcast is a ten episode series. [9] The podcast uses stereophonic sound so that sound effects can change from one earbud or headphone to the other. [10] The podcast drew inspiration from the movies Clue and Death Becomes Her . [11] [12] The podcast is set in 1954 during a dinner party that gets snowed in and each of the guests start getting murdered one at a time. [13]
Sean Keeley wrote in The Comeback that the podcast was "well-produced and a lot of fun." [14] Chelsea Tatham wrote in the Tampa Bay Times that the podcast's "audio quality [is] scary great." [15] The podcast received two out of five microphones from Podcast Magazine because the show leaned so heavily on narration rather than acting. [16]
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