On Netflix's latest dark comedy, The Politician, ambitious high schooler Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) finds an unlikely friend in the cancer-stricken wallflower Infinity Jackson (Zoey Deutch), a girl from the wrong side of the tracks with only her Grandma Dusty (Jessica Lange) to care for her. But there is a lot more going on with the Jackson family than meets the eye . . . so much so that it bears a striking resemblance to the Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard case from a few years ago. How closely does art imitate life? Here's what to know.
Warning: Spoilers follow for season one of The Politician.
In 2015, police found the body of Dee Dee Blanchard outside her home near Springfield, Mo. She had been stabbed multiple times and her physically and mentally disabled daughter, Gypsy Rose, was missing from their home. According to neighbors and friends, Dee Dee had always told...
Warning: Spoilers follow for season one of The Politician.
In 2015, police found the body of Dee Dee Blanchard outside her home near Springfield, Mo. She had been stabbed multiple times and her physically and mentally disabled daughter, Gypsy Rose, was missing from their home. According to neighbors and friends, Dee Dee had always told...
- 10/1/2019
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
In early 2018, television mogul Ryan Murphy inked a massive deal with Netflix; now, a year and a half later, his first Netflix show has dropped. The Politician tells the story of Payton Hobart (Ben Platt), a highly ambitious young man who will be running for a different political office in each season.
The first season features Payton as a high-school senior running for class president. He taps Infinity Jackson (Zoey Deutch), a sickly, cancer-stricken student, to be his running mate . . . then he quickly realizes her family is almost too crazy to be believed. Infinity's nana, Dusty (Jessica Lange), is running Infinity's life, but her parents are conspicuously absent. So just what happened to them, specifically her mother, Dina (Taylan Tural)? Read on to find out, but be warned of spoilers for the whole first season of The Politician.
It takes until episode six of the eight-episode season before Dusty finally...
The first season features Payton as a high-school senior running for class president. He taps Infinity Jackson (Zoey Deutch), a sickly, cancer-stricken student, to be his running mate . . . then he quickly realizes her family is almost too crazy to be believed. Infinity's nana, Dusty (Jessica Lange), is running Infinity's life, but her parents are conspicuously absent. So just what happened to them, specifically her mother, Dina (Taylan Tural)? Read on to find out, but be warned of spoilers for the whole first season of The Politician.
It takes until episode six of the eight-episode season before Dusty finally...
- 9/27/2019
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
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