Craven, ambitious, privileged, cruel: In 'The Politician,' Ryan Murphy turns a high school election into a funhouse mirror of modern America.
During a week in which the world of politics has had as many cliffhangers and melodramatic twists as a prime-time soap, it seems almost calculated that “The Politician,” the newest addition to Ryan Murphy’s oeuvre, is making its debut in the midst of it all.
The series is Murphy’s first at Netflix, where he moved his overall deal from longtime home 20th Century Fox TV in a reported $300-million pact in 2018.
For Platt, the son of producer Marc Platt — who fostered his theater ambitions at L.A.'s Harvard-Westlake School — Payton’s hyper-focused mindset felt familiar.
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