![]() On June 17, 2020, it was announced that Hulu had given the production a limited series order consisting of eight episodes based on the book, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy. Most of the characters in the series are fictional and composite characters Mountcastle, Ramseyer, and the members of the Sackler family are the only main characters based directly on real people. In addition, Keaton also won as Lead Actor at the 79th Golden Globe Awards, 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards and 12th Critics' Choice Television Awards.ĭopesick focuses on "the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction" across the U.S., on how individuals and families are affected by it, on the alleged conflicts of interest involving Purdue Pharma and various government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Justice, and finally, on the legal case against Purdue Pharma and their development, testing and marketing of the drug Ox圜ontin. ![]() ![]() At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, the series received fourteen nominations, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and acting nominations for Keaton, Dever, Will Poulter, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Mare Winningham, with Keaton winning for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. The series received mostly positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for the performances of the cast, most notably those of Kaitlyn Dever and Michael Keaton. Based on the non-fiction book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy, it premiered on October 13, 2021, and concluded on November 17, 2021, after eight episodes. Painkiller definitely amplifies the dramatization with Richard Sackler’s inner demons haunting him and Edie Flowers being personally motivated to expose Purdue after she witnesses a pharmacy robbery and has a meeting with Purdue sales rep Shannon.Dopesick is an American drama miniseries, created by Danny Strong for Hulu. In all of these cases, Dopesick doesn’t flesh out their personal lives as much as it does with Dr. The Sacklers are also mostly shown within the confines of boardrooms or lavish mansions. Even Finnix’s process of crushing the tablets into powder and snorting them was handled with a documentary-like sensitivity, keeping the melodrama elements under control.Įven when the Dopesick character ensemble makes space for the attorneys (Peter Sarsgaard and John Hoogenakker) and DEA Agent (Rosario Dawson) questioning Purdue Pharma, they are depicted as mostly just legal officials performing their duties. With the widowed doctor himself becoming an Oxy addict later, the show projects a more grim and underplayed picture of the legally prescribed drug’s addiction. Finnix, the Hulu original elaborates on how even morally righteous medical professionals like him got fooled into thinking that Oxy would be a non-addictive substance. With the Dopesick cast led by Keaton’s Dr. NPR’s addiction correspondent Brian Mann commented on how Dopesick reminded him of his personal experiences with communities in West Virginia, Ohio that were devastated by the public health crisis.ĭopesick, in comparison, focuses more on the medical aspects behind Ox圜ontin’s destructive impact in the 1990s and the 2000s. Samuel Finnix and Kaitlyn Dever as Betsy Mallum are still inspired from real-life accounts, even though the characters themselves were made up. The narratives involving Michael Keaton’s Dr. Instead of singling out an Ox圜ontin addict like Glen Kryger, Dopesick is concerned with the addiction experiences of the people across different age groups from the small mining town of Finch Creek, Virginia. RELATED: Why Purdue's Curtis Wright Left The FDA In Painkiller & What Happened To Him In Real Lifeĭopesick, on the other hand, is more serious in its tone and largely resorts to a less fictional approach even while using composite characters. Arthur Sackler and seeking business advice from him. The series also makes use of surreal elements such as Sackler hallucinating his dead uncle/mentor figure Dr. Even Matthew Broderick’s take on Purdue Pharma leader Richard Sackler in Painkiller is way more dramatic than Michael Stuhlbarg’s relatively controlled portrayal in Dopesick. Because it juggles its genres from investigative thriller to anti-capitalist satire, Painkiller does resort to intentional factual deviations. As shown in Painkiller, Purdue did give away Ox圜ontin plushies as a part of its marketing plan (as reported by Star News) but there is no reported evidence of the company hiring cheerleaders to any flashy galas and launch parties.
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