“My brother worked at a job in which he is, a former priest and a former con.”

The Sitcom from the workplace of Ryan J. Lindsay crafts It can be set in Nova Scotia, but its southern city -the Ontario Vest in Sarnia has really inspired it. Increasing in what is known as the “chemical valley” – due to its abundance of petrochemical plants – trades are a way of life.

“My brothers are both traders,” says the creator and showrunner. “Tyson is a Pipefitter, a carpenter of Kellan. My grandfather, was the chief of a local Pipefitters for 33 years. My father was a process operator, so he was like a homer Simpson at a control painting all day … Everyone in my group close to friends I grew up with, I would say 90 percent.”

Lindsay broke the mold and left Sarnia to work in the film and television at Toronto, although she is now returning to Sarnia, “immersed in the lifestyle of the Chemical Valley and becoming more expert in the matter.” He says that, after hearing the stories of his brothers at the family meetings, he realized that a petrochemical plant would make a wonderful place for a comedy at work.

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“I thought I had great stories from Toronto and I work on big shows with Guillermo del Toro and David Cronenberg,” he says. “I would share these stories about Christmas tables and Easter dinner with my family and they would always have been thrown by the stories of my adventure brothers.

Lindsay says that, initially, he wanted the show to be both established and shot in the south -the Ontario Vest, but the lack of both tax incentives, as well as the experienced crew in the area meant that it was not possible, and once Robb Wells from Boys of trailer park The fame went on board both as a star and in the co-producer, the move down “only had absolute meaning”.

One thing that makes the jobs with blue collar work so fertile for comedy at work is that, compared to office jobs, the variety of potential work colleagues is much higher.

“If you enter HR or you want to be a lawyer or dentist, you are surrounded by other dentists,” he says. “This is what they wanted to do and follow that career path. In the trades, you do not know who you work with. The corporate only puts you in a job, (and) expect to work together coherently and do your job. An example being, my brother worked on a job where he is, a former prest and a former cone?

While season one crafts It took place almost entirely inside the plant, season two is a little wider, which gave Lindsay the chance to explore the characters more detailed.

“People have their work people and their people at home, (and they are) are much different,” he says. “You have characters like Homer, where he is always in the theoretical way of conspiracy. He can’t really stop him. But you have other characters who, when they are out of work, want to relax. They have their own hobbies. They have families; children.”

Just like Boys of trailer parkor colleague Crave Hit Letterkenny, crafts He manages to find new and innovative ways to be profane, while balancing that blue band with a real heart and empathy. Keeping this balance is what Lindsay calls “the problem of life”, but it is also something he really reflects what it is.

“You have these guys and girls who go to work together every day and are in dangerous environments and compensate for comedy, jokes and rumors and nicknames,” he says. “And sometimes it goes too far. Sometimes you do not deal with people. It can go to blows sometimes, if you work with someone in that stressful environment and do not draw their weight or there is a conflict of personalities … But the thing I noticed about the trades is that they will go out and have a beer with that person six hours later. Or they will go with them.