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Brian Tyree Henry Is a Spiraling ‘Dope Thief’ in Apple’s Nail-Biting Crime Drama: TV Review
Brian Tyree Henry stars as a stick-up artist in over his head in the Apple miniseries 'Dope Thief', executive produced by Ridley Scott.
Their spectacular misjudgment endangers both Manny’s hard-won sobriety and Ray’s beloved stepmother Theresa (Kate Mulgrew, back in salty white ethnic mode after seven seasons on “Orange Is the New Black”), forcing them into hiding. (After breaking out on “Atlanta” as an ascendant rapper with an ambivalent outlook on fame, the Academy Award nominee’s most recent stint as a TV lead was on the chilly, cerebral FBI drama “Class of ‘09.”) Ray’s hustle only works — at least until it doesn’t — because he, like Henry, can project the sort of confidence that convinces people to do what he says without asking questions. The regional specificity makes “Dope Thief” a kind of urban answer to “Mare of Easttown,” an impression only compounded by the presence of Mina (a fantastic Marin Ireland), another quietly furious female cop imprisoned by her own grief.
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