First of all, I could watch Russell Crowe in just about anything. When I was watching "The Loudest Voice" I was reminded that here was The Gladiator. Enough said. "The Loudest Voice" builds slowly. In the first couple episodes, it was only Russell Crowe, for some unnameable reason, who kept me watching.
But everyone in this mini-series is excellent.
It is the story of Roger Ailes, CEO of Fox news and chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group. (roughly from 1996-2016)
This show is for people like me, who over the last twenty years have been confounded by seeing their co-workers, family members and others fixated on Fox News. When Obama was president, these Fox Watchers I'll call them were always very frothy and upset. At the time I was completely perplexed about their vehement anger, their fixation on "the left," "the Clintons," and "welfare scammers." Even then they seemed totally out of their minds to me, and like they were projecting personal frustrations and sadness about life onto "the left," "the Clintons," "people who hate America."
"The Loudest Voice" is the missing piece.
It tells you what Fox was doing, and why they were doing it.
Again, its probably not for anybody who has ever enjoyed Fox News. (Sorry, you are most likely way too far gone.)
But its for people like me who've just been wide eyed and confused.
This show won't surprise you. But you just might feel sane again. :)
Peace out, Rusell Crowe. Naomi Watts, too, nails it. They're all good.
Special shout out to Gretchen Carlson. You're a bad ass and I thank you for it!
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