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THE LOUDEST VOICE
The Loudest Voice is a 2019 American drama television miniseries depicting Roger Ailes as he creates and guides the rise of Fox News. It is based on the 2014 book The Loudest Voice in the Room, by Gabriel Sherman, and premiered June 30, 2019, on Showtime.
The Loudest Voice tells the story of Roger Ailes, who molded Fox News into one of the most powerful, influential media networks in history. The series focuses primarily on the past decade in which Ailes became one of the most prominent figures in modern American conservatism, while flashing back to defining events in Ailes’ life, including the 9/11 attacks, the 2008 and 2016 elections, and the sexual harassment accusations and settlements that ended his career.
Cast and characters
- Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes
- Seth MacFarlane as Brian Lewis
- Sienna Miller as Beth Tilson Ailes
- Simon McBurney as Rupert Murdoch
- Annabelle Wallis as Laurie Luhn
- Aleksa Palladino as Judy Laterza
- Naomi Watts as Gretchen Carlson
Another day, another programme about a mighty man hoist on the petard of his own misogyny as the #MeToo era dawns. This time it’s a dramatised account rather than a documentary – The Loudest Voice (Sky Atlantic) is a seven-part miniseries starring Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes, the former Republican strategist who was hired by Rupert Murdoch in 1995 and a year later gave television Fox News, the truth-mauling ratings monster that would end up eating the world.
We first meet Ailes as he is fired from CNN as a result of the sexual harassment allegations piling up against him. It will come as no surprise to learn that his behaviour does not markedly change once he has his own news network to run. As he gathers his team about him, men are recruited on the basis of their killer instincts and ethical detachment, women on the basis of whether they look good in skirts and don’t kick up a fuss when he makes his predatory moves on them.
The problems that The Loudest Voice faces are several – some inherent to the subject, some of its own making. Among the former (leaving aside the additional difficulties presented by a UK audience nowhere near as steeped in Fox lore as the production’s native one) is the fact that Ailes remains throughout such a deeply unpleasant, one-dimensional character (as megalomaniacs tend to be). Without much in the way of a developmental – let alone redemptive – arc, the viewer tires of him almost as quickly as his beleaguered crew does; the great difference being that we have the option to walk away without consequence and enjoy the rest of our lives without him.
I hope you liked this post and watch the show what do you think and as always have a chilled day from the viking.
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