'The Loudest Voice,' the Roger Ailes docudrama starring Russell Crowe, is political masochism theater
It's a special time to be an evil white man.
On some fronts, there's been a reckoning. Powerful men in Hollywood have been ousted from power, women are speaking up about inequality and misconduct, and workplaces around the country are striving for inclusivity.
But in other areas — how do we say this? — it's the same old shit. A known harasser holds the highest office in the land while an alleged pedophile pursues reelection. Even the men we consider ourselves done with continue to hold a perverse fascination, their names popping up again and again in conversation or on celluloid.
Such is the case with Roger Ailes, the Fox News C.E.O. who resigned in 2016 after being accused of sexual assault, and whom we now have to think about again — I guess so Russell Crowe can try to win an Emmy. Ailes is the subject of Showtime's The Loudest Voice, a seven-part docudrama that premieres Sunday. While it's an illuminating look through recent political media history in hindsight, it also feels like gratuitous attention for a man who positively thrived on it. It's a way to make his voice, its effects still reverberating through the years, even louder. Read more...
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