Based on the book by Beth Macy, the new Hulu series roams the hills of Appalachia and the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma to tell a story of greed and suffering.
Roanoke-based bestselling writer is an executive producer and co-writer — and even gets a cameo — on a limited-run series based on her most recent book.
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. It’s not just producers and casting directors who have been stuck in their thinking on what roles an actor can and should play. Audiences sometimes have the same blinders. Remember when Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton,
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