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- Creighton King
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- "I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn"
- Summary: A former heroin addict realizes that he wants to help other addicts kick their habits. The problem is, he wants to do this using a hallucinogenic drug - Ibogaine - that is completely illegal, and which requires medical expertise he doesn't have.
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Review of I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn
Creighton King
Posted on June 17, 2007 at 08:23 AM
In 35 hours of taping conversations with Dimitri, Lu Olkowski never hears him speak ill of the addicts he's trying to help. It's a phenomenal piece of editing and narration, which not only distills 35 hours into 16 minutes, but does it in unfalteringly clear tones. This story has a quality that brings compassion for addicts right down to its aching roots, and Dimitri, a wounded healer himself, is its heart. It's a profoundly spiritual story, probably because it's not trying to be.