‘The Artful Dodger’ is a bloody and quirky take on Charles Dickens: review

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streaming and based on the Charles Dickens character from “Oliver Twist,” the show follows the adult life of Charles Dickens’ famous thief, Jack Dawkins, aka The Artful Dodger (played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster, “Game of Thrones”).

In “Oliver Twist,” the Artful Dodger character is the pickpocket leader of a gang of child criminals, overseen by the sinister Fagin.

Set in 1850s Australia in the colony of Port Victory, the seris was created by David Maher, David Taylor and James McNamara.

It picks up 15 years after the events of “Oliver Twist” and is not a direct adaptation of any Dickens novel – rather, similar to the upcoming movie “Wonka,” it dives into the story of a colorful side character from the original.As a young adult, Dodger has now reinvented himself as a surgeon who performs his surgeries in front of cheering crowds of men — and competes with his fellow doctors on how fast they can perform amputations.