Sentences with phrase «political schemers»
Kushner and Spielberg largely refrain from showing the famous speeches and give us the political schemer, the persuader, the teller of bawdy barnyard stories, the gentle father and husband, and the fiercely insistent leader who will not accept a Confederate surrender without the absolute abolition of slavery.
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That is not necessarily because Americans are in a reactive or isolationist mood - although many certainly are - but because they are disillusioned with political schemes and schemers.
Dramatizing this revealing episode in the history of American dynastic politics and political theater, director John Curran (The Painted Veil, Stone) portrays Senator Kennedy (Jason Clarke) as half stooge of his family legacy, half schemer, equally paralyzed by ego and insecurity.
«Miss Sloane» explores the rot of our political system, with Jessica Chastain in a strong performance as one of its chief schemers.