‘Oz’ Retrospective: Creator & Stars Reminisce About HBO Series That Changed Television And Their Lives
Deadline Hollywood, June 14, 2021: ‘Oz’ Retrospective: Creator & Stars Reminisce About HBO Series That Changed Television And Their Lives – ATX
“From the perspective of Kinney, who played Tim McManus, the show had a radical impact on television because of its focus on humanizing each of its characters—even those who have committed heinous crimes—something which subsequent anti-hero dramas have put into practice, as well. ‘One of the things this show pioneered was creating full people that have a great range of ugliness in them,’ he said. ‘We always were able to access the risk-taking and bloodshed that American theater could have [because] Tom brought that to television.’”
Additional reading:
Vice, June 6, 2017: Twenty Years of 'OZ': The Show That Changed TV Forever
The New York Times, June 5, 2003: In the Brutal World of ‘Oz,’ A Rare Place for Women
Claudia Schippert’s From Oz to Lockup: Bringing PrisonLife (Back) Home
