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‘Long Bright River’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Pushes the Envelope in Peacock’s Bingeable Mystery

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The talented Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”), the thinking woman’s beauty, joins the hard-working, blue-collar women of crime. “Long Bright River,” the gritty Peacock limited series of eight bingeable episodes, follows in the sensible flats of investigative reporter Amy Adams in “Sharp Objects” and Jodie Foster in “True Detective: Night Country.” Please, don’t ask these women to smile. Mickey Fitzpatrick (Seyfried), amateur English horn player a…

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‘Long Bright River’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Pushes the Envelope in Peacock’s Bingeable Mystery

6 hours ago·United States

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Philly Voice

How Philly artists, actors brought 'authenticity and energy' to Peacock's Kensington-set 'Long Bright River'

'Long Bright River' premieres Thursday on Peacock. The series follows Mickey, played by Allentown native Amanda Seyfried, as a Philly cop patrolling Kensington looking for her missing sister. It's based on a 2020 novel by Temple University professor Liz Moore. The show also features Philly-native actor John Doman, and many artists, consultants and background actors with ties to the city were hired to add authenticity to the project. A 'Long Brig…

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‘Long Bright River’: Amanda Seyfried Gets Her Own ‘Mare of Easttown’ Show

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Peacock Amanda Seyfried is not the type of face you think of when you picture a hardened Philadelphia cop. A French orphan whose world is upended by revolution, or a bride-to-be who sneakily invites the three men who could be her father to her…

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Long Bright River star Amanda Seyfried joins author Liz Moore at…

Philly author Liz Moore’s bestselling novel Long Bright River, set in Kensington, is now a TV series streaming this week on Peacock. The show’s stars and consultants joined a March 7 panel at FringeArts. Alaina Johns was there.

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Long Bright River Review —

A line from Aaron Sorkin always pops into my head while watching shows like Long Bright River. During his run on The West Wing, he wrote, “The things we do to women.” The United States has the third-highest maternal death rate among developed nations. Opioid use has grown by 1,000% among women since 1999. Finally, one out of every six women will be sexually assaulted, and women have a higher likelihood of becoming homeless. Long Bright River tou…

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