But I actually like season 2 a little more.
"The Politician" isn't exactly my favorite Ryan Murphy series, but because I like both Ben Platt and Zoey Deutch, it caught my eye. I thought the first season was okay: slick visuals, fast dialogue, an impressive cast, and inclusive/diverse characters...but the actual story didn't grab me as much as I was expecting, and I found the most interesting aspect of the plot to be the side story about Infinity's (Zoey Deutch's) life with her grandma.
Season 2, it appears, is even more sex and politics than before. While it's sometimes pretentious with strange dialogue choices (Alice doesn't really talk like a modern human woman but more like a plastic robot)..."the Politician" makes some timely observations regarding the urgent issue of climate change, as well as activism, and personal authenticity. Pros: Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch, David Cornswet, Bette Midler, Lucy Boynton; fast and clever dialogue!
Cons: can be a bit (too) theatrical/histrionic, sort of hard to follow, not enough Infinity/Zoey Deutch in S2.
"The Politician" isn't exactly my favorite Ryan Murphy series, but because I like both Ben Platt and Zoey Deutch, it caught my eye. I thought the first season was okay: slick visuals, fast dialogue, an impressive cast, and inclusive/diverse characters...but the actual story didn't grab me as much as I was expecting, and I found the most interesting aspect of the plot to be the side story about Infinity's (Zoey Deutch's) life with her grandma.
Season 2, it appears, is even more sex and politics than before. While it's sometimes pretentious with strange dialogue choices (Alice doesn't really talk like a modern human woman but more like a plastic robot)..."the Politician" makes some timely observations regarding the urgent issue of climate change, as well as activism, and personal authenticity. Pros: Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch, David Cornswet, Bette Midler, Lucy Boynton; fast and clever dialogue!
Cons: can be a bit (too) theatrical/histrionic, sort of hard to follow, not enough Infinity/Zoey Deutch in S2.