‘Paradise’ Director Hanelle M. Culpepper on Why Great Sci-Fi Shows Sweat the Small Stuff

‘Paradise’ Director Hanelle M. Culpepper on Why Great Sci-Fi Shows Sweat the Small Stuff

[Editor’s Note: This piece contains Spoilers for Season 2 of ‘Paradise’]  Much like the characters in Season 2 of “Paradise,” when the nuclear reactor that’s been powering the underground bunker they call home starts to go, director Hanelle M. Culpepper started running out of time. It is the side effect of streaming series looking as polished and complex as films — they are as complicated to shoot as features with more than double the material, …