To call HBO’s The Swamp a thrilling character-based portrait of three conservative white guys might seem oxymoronic, but in the capable hands and open minds of co-directors Daniel Dimauro and Morgan Pehme (Get Me Roger Stone) it’s a completely apt description. The doc is an unexpected, up-close look at the daily D.C. lives of a trio of House members who few subscribers to HBO would ever conceive of voting for: far right-wingers Matt Gaetz (R-fl 1st District), Thomas Massie (R-ky 4th District), and Ken Buck (R-co 4th District). In other words, it’s exactly the caricature-busting film that progressives (like myself) really need […]...
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