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Kate Winslet Reigns Over ‘The Regime’, a Thrilling Satire of Power and Politics: TV Review
Kate Winslet stars in the HBO satire as Chancellor Elena Vernham, the delusional dictator of a Central European nation.
Vernham even takes after fictional characters like George Orwell’s Big Brother, railing against a left-wing predecessor she positions as a scapegoat á la Emmanuel Goldstein. Tracy’s scripts also share the floridly creative approach to profanity that unites these works, as when Vernham claims a local farming district smells like “a hog’s urethra.” But as presented by directors Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs, the world of “The Regime” is more surreal than those of its comic ancestors. Convinced that fungus-borne toxins are poisoning the air, Vernham has turned into a more sinister version of Julianne Moore’s ailing housewife in “Safe.” In her broadcasts, the Chancellor is the picture of soothing authority, a metaphorical mother to the nation; when the cameras are off, she huffs oxygen from a tank, orders the palace ripped down to the studs and has servants carry her in a transparent cocoon.
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