And here the many award-winning creative seems set on turning that remarkable small screen strike into a Peak TV empire all his own. Strong, who’s got a fistful of clever roles under his belt, as well as a pair of Hunger Games screenplays to his credit, co-created the Peak TV hit Empire. It also had weight enough to inspire Danny Strong to turn it into a mini-series. Fully entitled Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Little Brown), the deep dive had depth enough to be shortlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. And if eight weighty episodes courtesy of the good folks at Hulu doesn’t sound like a right-sized configuring for a story of this scope, well, perhaps you need to turn up the volume.Īs you undoubtedly suspect, Beth Macy‘s acute and comprehensive book provides the initial spur. The remaining five hit the ether weekly thereafter. And they begin airing the first three episodes on October 13th. Dopesick the keen-eyed book is now Dopesick the keen-eyed TV series.
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