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'Escape at Dannemora': After building a career on comedy, 'True Detective' inspires Ben Stiller to create prison drama

After years of cultivating the impeccable artistry of comedy Ben Stiller's big TV show 'Escape at Dannemora' is anything but even a smidge of laughs and gags.
PUBLISHED NOV 19, 2018

The name Ben Stiller brings back memories of the early millennial coinage - 'rolling on the floor laughing' - with samples of his comedic genius brimming in films like 'Meet the Fockers' and 'Night at the Museum.' So when the 52-year-old son of veteran comedians and actors, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, announced his directorial project, it was expected that he would create another stellar comedic masterpiece or something of that sort, much like his directorial debut, 'Reality Bites.' But the reality, in this case, turned out to be vastly different, as it came in the form of his brainchild, 'Escape at Dannemora', a prison drama slash noir thriller starring the likes of Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano. Surprising, right? Not really. Turns out, Stiller got highly inspired by 'True Detective' and wanted to create something similar.

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