VIDEO: The trailer for In The Loop
Six years ago, Armando Iannucci's slick and merciless satire might have drawn more blood, but even now it blows away the recent competition with its sharp, sardonic dialogue and uncompromising cynicism. A Wag the Dog, or maybe even a Doctor Strangelove for the Iraq War, it goes behind the scenes at 10 Downing Street and in Washington to show how non-existent data and deceptive semantics can be twisted into the deaths of thousands by the ruthless and feckless. In the latter category is Simon Foster (Tom Hollander), a ministerial non-entity swept up in the crisis by a slip of the tongue. Utterly overwhelming him is Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), the PM's Minister of Information, a foul-mouthed bully who's like Trainspotting's Begbie in a suit and tie. Helping out are James Gandolfini as a dovish US Army general and Steve Coogan as a querulous bumpkin.
SOMERVILLE THEATRE: APRIL 24 at 9:30 PM | WITH DIRECTOR ARMANDO IANNUCCI
