For a show set during the last full calendar year, there’s surprisingly little in “Small Town News: Kpvm Pahrump” that directly references the most pervasive, overarching story of 2020. Though the long-simmering documentary project paused its cameras for much of the year, when it returned in the fall, the goal was to make something that let its subject be the focus.
A lot of the show is as much a product of downtime as the biggest news stories of any given day.
“It’s a news station,” executive producer Randy Barbato said. “You would expect a series about it [to] be driven by date and time. But I think the more we shot, and the more we were into it, we weren’t going to try and shoehorn it into some format that said, ‘Here’s the lead story tonight’ or even a traditional reality show format, with a hardcore, A-line storyline.
A lot of the show is as much a product of downtime as the biggest news stories of any given day.
“It’s a news station,” executive producer Randy Barbato said. “You would expect a series about it [to] be driven by date and time. But I think the more we shot, and the more we were into it, we weren’t going to try and shoehorn it into some format that said, ‘Here’s the lead story tonight’ or even a traditional reality show format, with a hardcore, A-line storyline.
- 8/17/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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