Very entertaining. Garry Trudeau’s only crack at TV/film is a minor masterpiece of satire. Much like Soderbergh’s “K-Street,” “Tanner” was shot in real time, weekly, as events were unfolding in the election cycle. And while some of the Lloyd Bentsen jokes have grown a little stale, the mishmash of reality and fiction was pretty much unheard of in 1988. Ann walked in midway through one episode and asked “is this a documentary?” And, in a way, it kinda is — a time capsule of the news from the period, but also what cutting edge comedy/filmmaking was like, too. Altman’s use of overlapping dialogue has never been put to better use. Question: Why isn’t Pamela Reed a household name? She was (is) a brilliant actress and had quite a look, too.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.