McReele [B]

I know some of my friends hated this show, but I kind of liked it. It's a parable about modern politics, modern media, and pathological liars (is there a phrase to describe those you lie effectively by causing themselves to believe the lies). There's lots to think about here.

Both Anthony Mackie as McReele and his PR flack played by Michael O'Keefe (the secondary lead, and probably a stand in for the author) were quite good in their parts. But the two stellar performances were provided by minor characters Opal and the Senator/father, played by Portia and Henry Strozier. Portia had a wonderful scene where for a full five minutes of conversation, her only line was "uh-huh", repeated as needed; and yet she made an eloquent statement with her drastically different intonations of this one word.