AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT
You probably all already know that AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT (trailer here) premiered on FX this week. Ryan Murphy's take on the Clinton presidency is just as pulpy as you might expect, and (or but, depending on your POV) it’s also just as entertaining as you’d expect. Maybe the freshest aspect of the series is the BOMBSHELL approach of recounting its central scandal through the eyes of the women involved. Episode 1 hones in on Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) and Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein); they're both in need of something when they first meet at the Pentagon, and they hope to get it from each other. Whether or not you'll get what you're looking for while watching IMPEACHMENT kind of hinges on the Ryan Murphy of it all. While the series affords quite a bit of empathy to its characters (Lewinsky is a producer on the series), they are still characters—based on real people with real trauma, but done-up in scrunchies and shoulder pads and presented with a bit of a wink. If sensationalism leaves you feeling icky, avoid. But if you're game for a slightly messy retelling of one of America's greatest "-gates"—fat suits, wigs and all—then dig in.
—Alicia Devereaux, Executive Assistant
