“The twists and turns come with humor,” Doneen said. “We looked for those moments in the storytelling.”
Not only do these cinematic re-enactments enable heisters to relive their wildest memories — like laying atop $3.1 million in cash or disguising a 21-year-old as an elderly woman — they also allow the viewers to imagine the experience as their own.
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“The idea from the beginning was to put the audience in the driver’s seat,” Doneen said, “There’s a sense of wish fulfillment — we ask ourselves, ‘could I have pulled that off if I was in their shoes?’”
Doneen balances this lightness in the second episodes of each story — which shed light on the cost of the decisions. Come for the levity, stick around for the consequences.