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In the opening half things are foggy. Thanks to the performances, however (including Hubert Point-Du Jour as nurse Josh, a vital witness to botched operations), things remain compelling at an individual level.
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We have a lot of reservations about Dr. Death, but considering the show will examine just how a butcher like Duntsch can keep getting hired by major hospitals who should be vetting their hires better. The cast helps things along, despite their sometimes over-the-top performances.
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Duntsch’s story would be tough to stitch up in even the steadiest of auteur’s hands. Hats off to Macmanus and directors Maggie Kiley, Jennifer Morrison and So Yong Kim for their ambitious vision, not to mention the ace cast. At the same time, it’s a shame that Dr. Death is too often so dull.
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Dr. Death relishes in the lurid details and messy personal lives of its characters, employing nonlinear chronology for maximum drama and ironic juxtaposition. But despite the show’s few thrills, its structure only reveals an unsteady grasp of the story at its center.
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Jackson glowers evilly out from behind prosthetic makeup intended to give him the appearance of a heavier man; it’s a special effect that doesn’t work, but the actor almost manages to push past it. What’s around him works less well.