Review: The Politician 2 (R21)

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This farcical comedy series is by no means one of TV guru Ryan Murphy’s winners, even though it has shades of his earlier (and better) shows like Popular and Glee. But now that we are knee-deep in Singapore’s General Election, campaigning from incumbents and new...

This farcical comedy series is by no means one of TV guru Ryan Murphy’s winners, even though it has shades of his earlier shows like Popular and Glee.

But now that we are knee-deep in Singapore’s General Election, campaigning from incumbents and new candidates are in full swing and barbs are being traded on a daily basis, The Politician 2 - currently streaming on Netflix - may just earn your vote by default for its timeliness of subject matter.

Broadway darling Platt is still a worthy lead in his second term, one whom you can always depend on for a voracious performance, whether he’s working himself into a frenzy, delivering rapid-fire zingers or turning on the waterworks and toning it down for those reflective moments. Here, he meets his match in the twin veteran forces of Judith Light and Bette Midler, as his seasoned opponent Senator Dede Standish and her shrewd campaign manager Hadassah Gold respectively, who really inject so much comedy and charisma into the proceedings.

 

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