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Stinky The Clown

(67,798 posts)
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 06:50 PM Feb 2022

Dopesick . . . . wow. If you haven't seen it you should. It will piss you off.

Eight episodes on Hulu. Some great acting by Michael Keaton, Kaitlyn Deaver, Mare Winingham, and Rosario Dawson among others. There was also Michael Stuhlbarg (Richard Sackler) and Phillipa Soo as villains to which you'll respond as appropriate to villains.

The story is actually real simple. A rich family gets richer by being as evil as any mob family and rich enough to buy their way out. In the end, the family members never really suffer personal or financial pain.

THAT will piss you off.

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Dopesick . . . . wow. If you haven't seen it you should. It will piss you off. (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 OP
That is exactly ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #1
I refuse to watch antihero shows, movies etc as it gives validation to any means to an end Shellback Squid Feb 2022 #2
this is not that dsc Feb 2022 #3
Sorry friend, but this one villianizes the real villains - at all levels Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #5
Unnnn, you got this whole movie wrong. Keaton plays REALLY good in this movie and isn't a uponit7771 Feb 2022 #7
Yes, it made me so angry. It was great TV though, I recommend it too. flying_wahini Feb 2022 #4
Watched it recently canetoad Feb 2022 #6
I watched as it premiered. It was amazing. In It to Win It Feb 2022 #8
YES!! A must see! nt Samrob Feb 2022 #9

Shellback Squid

(8,916 posts)
2. I refuse to watch antihero shows, movies etc as it gives validation to any means to an end
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 06:55 PM
Feb 2022

that's one reason many accept trump and all his perversity

Stinky The Clown

(67,798 posts)
5. Sorry friend, but this one villianizes the real villains - at all levels
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 07:43 PM
Feb 2022

Your empathy goes to those who really deserve it - the victims.

uponit7771

(90,336 posts)
7. Unnnn, you got this whole movie wrong. Keaton plays REALLY good in this movie and isn't a
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 09:12 PM
Feb 2022

... anti hero as much as a victim throughout.

What'll piss you off is the family coluding with the FDA and the FDA not changing too much from thenm

canetoad

(17,157 posts)
6. Watched it recently
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 09:06 PM
Feb 2022

Keaton was a knockout. The whole series was excellent, made more interesting because I have a very good friend going through opiod withdrawals.

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