Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Politics ruins the character.
Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
I'm very confident that Nick Hornby always gets it right as a writer. He has the vernacular and passion. He is adroit and dry, and balances humor with the humanity of life.
Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.
Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.
R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
Politicians often lie.
I've lost count of the times I've been asked to 'be' Malcolm Tucker: to go on a political program on television, presumably in order to be the character and give opinions as him.
It was Nick Willing's intention to make 'Hatter' as sarcastically British funny as he could.
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