Game Change

Game Change had a good night at yesterday's Emmys. I watched it the day before, only very marginally aware of the nominations it received (well deserved every one).

A lot has been said and written about Julianne Moores impeccable portrayal of Sarah Palin. From what we have all seen of the on-screen persona of Mrs. Palin it seems pretty obvious that she was nothing short of brilliant.

Woody Harrelson, as the male lead, is equally great, as is - in true HBO manner - the entire cast of this play-by-play of John McCain's presidential campaign. Ed Harris is the unsung hero as a merely supporting John McCain, whose makeup is just as great as Julianne Moore's. 

The really disturbing part - if true - is the staff's decision to have Palin 'act' in her interviews and the debate, because it is easier to have her learn a couple of pages of script than make her understand the basics of the political issues. It is truely scary to think that someone this incapable got within a few electoral votes of the White House.

8/10