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- Hello everyone. My name is Linda Codega.

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I write for io9 and I'm
here with Misha Collins.

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- Hello everyone. I'm Misha Collins. Hi.

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- He does not write for io9.
- I do not write. Nope.

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- Can I ask you about "Supernatural?"

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- [Misha] Yeah. Ask me
about "Supernatural."

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- So "Supernatural" meant
a lot to me in college,

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and I actually recently
rewatched the entire series

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last year.
- No you did not. Really?

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- I even wrote about it for the site.

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- You watched it all again?

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- Yep. Why do you think fans
have stuck around so long?

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- I don't know.

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I don't know what the
allure of that show was.

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I don't know why people
watched the whole thing,

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but they did.

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The show had epic mythology,

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so we were talking about the
biggest mythological storylines

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that can be told.

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Heaven, Hell, God, Lucifer,

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all of the big cast of
characters on the biggest stages.

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But it was all grounded
in this family dynamic,

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the story of like these two brothers

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and their weird angel friend.

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And I think that that
grounding on the personal

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and familial level within the context

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of that bigger mythological
story arc was good.

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But there was also, so that was one reason

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why the story was successful.

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Certainly not the first show
to delve into those realms.

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But I think there was also
an irreverence to the show

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and a willingness to play with the form

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that had a particular allure.

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I mean, we would break the fourth wall.

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We embedded in an episode
of "Scooby-Natural"

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within episode of "Supernatural".

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We just, we did some weird
and unconventional things

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and I think that that was interesting.

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- [Linda] Yeah.

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- I've heard people talk
about how it was a commentary

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on masculinity.

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Now looking at the
casting of "Supernatural"

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from the framework of our, you know,

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current cultural paradigm,

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through that lens, it's like,

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"No, you're not green lit.

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You have, you know, four white
guys as series regulars."

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We don't do that kind of television.

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But I actually think it was kind of

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an interesting opportunity
to explore like brotherhood

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in its various different facets,

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and that's very much what we did.

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And if you think about it,

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there actually aren't that many shows

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that do that particular thing.

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And I don't know what else
was a draw in the show,

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but those are some things
that pop into my mind.

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- [Linda] Yeah.

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