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Episode 73: The Favourite šŸ‡

Beyond the Screenplay

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The Importance of Politics in Movies

I think that's what happens a lot in the sort of political thrillers, like a lot of the ones from the 90s. When we find that out, it is just the peeling back of that illusion that I think we'd love to construct around politics in sometimes a way that's really satisfying or like you're just saying, it's just like juicy gossip. Yeah,. The West Wing is kind of the dream of what our politicians are and the favorite is more the reality. I fear is kind of what it is. Or even I mean, I feel like when house of cards came out, it was like that comparison of like West Wing happy, idealistic house of cards,

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