As it often does, the late-night talk-show starts with a monologue. Jay Leno did them from time to time Two minute supercut Talks about what happens in the movie of the characters who see him. In the 2017 monologue, Stephen Colbert likens former FBI Director James Comey to the Harry Potter character Severus Snape. “First, he looks like a good guy. Then, he looks like a bad guy. He seems to have sacrificed himself to save others. “Will we find out that he loves us all?”

This is how contemporary political documentaries work, which is one of the reasons why many of them are so scary. You work the same formula in theatrical movies like President of the United States Or W., Or like cable movies Recalculate Or Game change, Or in ministries like the recent Showtime SevenPorter about Roger Aile, Loud noise: Big stars and recognizable character actors line up to imitate political actors, pundit-stocked cable programs for skipping clips or exposure to midnight monologues or registering traditional wisdom, and the general tic-tac-toe coincidence of events is almost familiar to everyone else.

In its worst moments, Comedy Rule Do very little to distinguish yourself from the dull slash of other docudramas based on real events or books – in this case, Komi’s 2018 memoir High fidelity. Yet Billy Ray, the series’ most experienced writer and director, has a journalistic style that adds more shading to real-life characters than expected. Ray’s directorial debut, 2003 Broken glass, Gained extraordinary tension and suspense from the relationship between the abused New Republic Fabulist Stephen Glass and his editor Charles Lane and his recent script Richard Jewel The fall of the 1996 Olympic bomber, who was falsely accused, turned out to be a story of despair. It is not enough to make it as dramatic as a news story Saturday Night Live Sketch without jokes, but to take it one of a kind.

In it, Comedy Rule Occasionally succeeds. There is an idea in journalism circles that when both parties are angry about a piece, the reporter must do something right. Ray tells the truth more than the political triangle – but Ray decided to thread the comedian, a man hated by both Democrats and Republicans alike. Despite the narcissism that underlies Comey’s above all justice, Ray makes it clear, but important, that the former FBI director’s involvement in the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the Trump-Russia investigation is a long-lost one. In those fires he was always going to spray gasoline; It was just a matter of how much.

The first half Comedy Rule 2016 includes the period leading up to the election of Donald Trump as President. (In fact, Brendan Gleeson’s Trump will be considered important at the end of tomorrow night. This Rosenstein plays the role of an expert political operator, a career public servant, and the tsunami that finally threw him into the sea, and he has nothing to do with it.

Either way, the comic could not have changed his destiny. After taking over the position of FBI Director Robert Mueller – from Kingsley Ben-Adir’s young Barack Obama – Comey enters the job as a cornfield idealist, believing that the FBI is not an institution for justice. Before giving him a job, Obama asks if this is someone who needs a lot of attention. “This is not a big driver for me,” he lied. One thing he wants from day one is attention, his call to rank and file Comedy Rule He argues that it is going to get attention whether it is necessary or not. The question is whether standing in front of oneself is an act of self-sacrifice and personal responsibility or just arrogance.

Comey’s FBI’s long-running fuse blows on June 10, 2015, when Andrew McCabe (Michael Kelly) stopped the office with an Inspector General referral about Hillary Clinton’s emails. The FBI is questioning whether Clinton’s use of a private email server for her official business as secretary of state violates federal law. “Did you know you know?” The comic has been warned. “Whatever we find, I do not see a good result here.” Comey does not seem to acknowledge that necessity, but as the investigation dubs it, he feels like “Operation Mid-Year Exam”, and the letter should be “perfect” in determining whether Clinton knowingly violated the law in handling classified information or deleting relevant emails. To the Church Inquiry into Benghazi.

The FBI’s decision to convict her of wrongdoing, but not corruption. It had to make that determination twice: once the mid-year exam was rigged through several of her devices just before the re-election, when Anthony Weiner’s laptop was seized, he was arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old. The girl found emails from Huma Abed, Weiner’s wife, who was vice chair of the Clinton campaign. In both cases, Komi himself stood in the front and center, and in both cases the Democrats sharply criticized Clinton for hurting her in the polls. It would not be difficult for Clinton to argue that she is more credible than a candidate with a history of Nigu financial dealings and sexual harassment, but Comey’s actions have helped to create a false equation on the issue of corruption. In the aftermath of the election, the Clinton campaign directly blamed its shocking loss on the reopening of Comey’s email inquiry.

Comedy Rule Comey reliably represents the decision-making process, even when it is suggested that the wrong path was chosen by default. . Or Sally Yates (Holy Hunter), for fear of a relationship with Clinton. So, the first end of the midterm exam turns out to be a minor omission, with Komi trying to speak fairly and evenly by exploiting Hillary Clinton like a school child before she is acquitted. His infamous letter reopening the case after Weiner’s arrest violates the agency’s guidelines for taking action in the run – up to an election.

Presenting Jeff Daniel as a comedian is a minor masterstroke, as the comedy is like a worse version of the crucifixion anchor Daniel played by Daniels. Newsroom, Animated with the same moral determination, but not exactly clear. The most important thing about this comic is that he is perceived as a person of dignity and integrity and enjoys the same reputation as the FBI as an institution, which is not the same as showing good judgment. That seems likely Anyone The investigation into Clinton’s emails and Trump-Russia failed to save the FBI from biased allegations. Not even Bob Mueller, the model of the straight-shooter-respected-all-out, will come out of this picture.

“Night One” allows comedian Patrice (Jennifer Ehle) to air most of his frustrations. Comedians know about the dangers of the Trump presidency and the message it could send to their four daughters, but Patrice can’t speak from measuring his thumb. Comey will pay the price for tomorrow night’s episode as Russia’s investigation begins to take steam and Trump inevitably excites him. The scenes related to that side of Komi’s story are the worst in this half – e.g. The first meeting between Michael Flynn and Vladimir Putin offers a gala hosted by Julian Assange via satellite, at the table with Jill Stein – but even if Ray’s take dialogue is too heavy with exposure and pundit talk, email inquiry is much better.

James Comey came out of this mess clean. It gripped his colleagues and the country – the mop.

Scenes including Lovers “lovers” Peter Strosock (Steven Pascual) and Lisa Page (ona Chaplin) seem to have been adapted from Trump’s Twitter feed. The talk of political gossip and the pillow is humorous on the nose and especially on the page, and she is seen as a woman who is ashamed of her comments and sex. This is the same issue that affected Ray’s screenplay Richard Jewel, Rightly criticized for tarring the now-deceased journalist Kathy Scroogees as a fugitive sexpot sleeping with sources for information.

The character of Justin, a young black man who works in the Department of Justice, only serves as the soundboard for characters such as Rosenstein and Yates. His role in the second half may have been more significant, but now it is completely useless.

The scene where Komi refuses to cut the line in the F FBI cafeteria best establishes his character. He is someone who wants to project an image of people making sure everyone Be aware That he is projecting an image of people. He is absolutely humble.

McKay also receives a Trump-Twitter-feed level rating as he walks out the door of former FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano. “It’s a lunchtime culture,” he told Maccabee. “Driving a blue Porsche with matching blue cufflinks may not be the best message you can send.”

The inclusion of a scene after The Pulse Nightclub shooting is a way of saying that the comic has other things to do as a director, but he does not have to witness the massacre that took place at that point.

“If he had been a little more humble and a little more certain that his morals were important, the world would not know my name today.” If you are looking for a thesis, Rosenstein offers one here.