Ryan Murphy's first Netflix series takes on our political circus — and he's P.T. Barnum
During a week in which the world of politics has had as many cliffhangers and melodramatic twists as a prime-time soap, it seems almost calculated that "The Politician," the newest addition to Ryan Murphy's oeuvre, is making its debut in the midst of it all.
The dark comedy, created by Murphy and his longtime collaborators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, returns the "Glee" and "Scream Queens" masterminds to the halls of high school. The series is set in Santa Barbara, Calif., and follows wealthy, Machiavellian high-schooler Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) on his ruthless, quest to become the president of the United States.
"I wanted to do something very big and sprawling and ambitious about the political life of a candidate," Murphy says by
