JUST FINISHED WATCHING: DOPESICK (2021)
JUST FINISHED WATCHING: DOPESICK (2021)
The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
TRIVIA: Based on nonfiction book Dopesick by Beth Macy
In preparation for his role as attorney Rick Mountcastle, Peter Sarsgaard went to Dayton (OH) where he accompanied local police on ride-alongs, hung out with active opioid users, talked with afflicted family members and support groups, and went to a jail where he observed users trying to dry out. He has said that the hands-on experience transformed his perspective and imbued him with more empathy and understanding for the victims of the epidemic.
MY VERDICT: This is an amazing series, with some great performances, and it feels really true to life. It’s a heartbreaking true story of how decisions made in big business can negatively effect and sometimes destroy the lives and communities of real people and how the law works very slowly, too slowly, to help a lot of people who needed it.
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