Playing everything real for me is really important,” Schwadel explains. I just wanted to keep it the comedy as snappy as possible, the drama as real as possible. I knew going in that that would probably probably be a challenge for the producers. You know, shows about academia are tough to get an audience. Flagged early in the series for his apathetic approach to teaching, Hank navigates both his personal and university lives through a haze of depression and vague attempts to return to an active publishing career.Įditor Richard Schwadel builds on a career of editing and directing traditional sitcoms to deliver a delicate balance of drama and comedy in Lucky Hank. In fact, it was the darker side of humor that drew Schwadel to the project. The series, based on the Richard Russo novel Straight Man, features Odenkirk as William Henry “Hank” Devereaux, Jr., an English department chairman stuck between a midlife crisis and a mental breakdown. Download: 'Lucky Hank' Editor Richard Schwadel on Cutting the Bob Odenkirk Dramatic Comedy SeriesĪMC’s Lucky Hank stars Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk in a decidedly significant departure from his iconic character Saul Goodman.
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