LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS TRULY TRANSCENDENT SERIES!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS TRULY TRANSCENDENT SERIES! ...which should really make people think about Big Pharma's role in supposedly "helping" us turn the tide on this pandemic...Gut-wrenchingly good television that should be required viewing for every public policy maker in America...An engrossing and enraging look at the opioid crisis, the A-list ensemble-led Dopesick is as highly-addictive as the drug its characters peddle to the masses...Given the size of its canvas, Dopesick is a remarkable achievement, which clearly lays out the facts of the slow-burning tragedy, with lots of helpful date reminders, without losing track of the human stories behind it...Like the drug at the centre of the drama, Dopesick is, in the most positive sense of the word, addictive...As a chilling account of unlimited corporate greed, it's essential viewing...This riveting crime thriller took place in real life and this excellent limited series lays it out with rich storytelling, a mournfully beautiful score and events that would be tough to make up...the series perhaps comes closer to a sense of the real toll of the epidemic than a fact-laden article or documentary...it conveys the pain and the havoc wrought by corporate recklessness and greed...Dopesick is a mostly sober, compelling and clear dramatisation of one of the most shameful examples of big pharma wrongdoing in recent history, which will have you recoiling in fury...It's a hard watch, but a compelling one, and particularly good at depicting the good and bad of life in small towns like Finch Creek without being condescending or phony... when the series breaks your heart, it really shatters it... Dopesick distills a complicated story into a compelling, heartbreaking series - tallying the human cost of a crisis that started in company boardrooms, earned billions and turned the country upside down in the process...As the characters reveal their struggles, Dopesick gets better and better, emphasizing how dwarfed each individual is by the massive power of Purdue... The eight episode mini-series not only explains well the intricacies of the crime and its many effects, it's a gripping modern tale of capitalism over all else, presented in a way that a wide audience can appreciate...Strong hits the factual main points, and many minor ones: Purdue's hard-sell-disguised-as-soft-sell sales techniques; the invented medical conditions requiring larger and larger doses...It's powerful, thoughtful, and important...Check your blood pressure as you watch Dopesick, a powerful eight-part docudrama about the opioid crisis of addiction and death...The cast is excellent and empathetic, helping ground the series. Keaton is at his best, mastering a character who's a mess of contradictions and transformation... Dopesick is seat of the pants, holding on by your fingernails compelling drama...This story deserves an epic treatment, and "Dopesick" is more than happy to provide one...Brutally honest and shocking in its depiction of addiction, Dopesick is going to reignite an important discussion about drugs...The scene-stealing duo of "Dopesick" is Keaton as Dr. Finnix and Dever as Betsy... a worthwhile indictment of a government regulation system that allowed Purdue to operate for years with impunity, ruining the lives of thousands of Americans..."Dopesick" does a remarkable job of conveying the devastating impact of the opioid crisis on individuals, and the communities they live in...Every reveal is damning and essential...Hulu's Dopesick is honestly infuriating. And no one involved with the show should take that personally. It's actually a compliment. Because I can't remember the last time a show made me this righteously angry...Dopesick deftly corrals the vast addiction epidemic through intimate, deeply engrossing stories of human devastation. #bigpharmaiskillingus

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