Behind the Shadows Podcast Review

The Pitch:

Harvey Guillen discusses What We Do in the Shadows with the cast & crew.

The Product:

Behind the Shadows is a tricky little venture to pin down. Much like gender is a spectrum, so too is this podcast. Episodes sometimes feature a cast member, occasionally celebrity fans of the show join, and others are bonus episodes titled “Live Reddit Talk”.

The first episode coincided with the first episode of Season 4 of the show. Were there previous episodes? It’s unclear. Further muddying the waters is the fact that this episode of the Behind the Shadows podcast is preceded by an ad for the Behind the Shadows podcast.

From the outside it seems like someone in an office somewhere said ‘hey, podcasts are a thing, right? Let’s get one of the cast to do one. They can, uh, talk about each episode as they air and we can rope in one of the cast members or whatever.”

And that might have been what happened had the swashbuckling Harvey Guillen not been chosen to helm this podcasting ship. Harvey is markedly different to Guillermo, his character on the show. Guillermo is somewhat awkward and reserved. Harvey Guillen on the other hand is going to Harvey Guillen all over the place and we are here for it.