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    'Dead Ringers' takes an unflinching look at reproductive health care in America

    by Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times Apr 25, 2023 5 minutes
    Rachel Weisz in“ Dead Ringers,” a gender-switched remake of David Cronenberg’ s 1988 film.

    Giving birth in the United States is diabolical. Or at least it is according to Beverly Mantle, one of two identical-twin OB-GYNs played by Rachel Weisz in the Prime Video miniseries "Dead Ringers."

    A gender-switched remake of David Cronenberg's 1988 thriller, the drama is an unsettling exploration of the codependent relationship between Beverly and her twin sister, Elliot, Manhattan physicians who practice medicine — and do just about everything else — together, but who come to realize their approaches to life and work may be incompatible.

    Beverly — the reserved, compassionate one who wears her hair back — wants to "change the way women birth, forever" by opening a revolutionary birthing center. Elliot is an impulsive, hair-down type, who is more excited about pushing scientific and ethical boundaries with a cutting-edge

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