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    How do you turn Washington, DC, drama into enjoyable TV? Throw out the history books

    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Apr 22, 2022 5 minutes
    Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in "The First Lady."

    "History isn't written by the feeble masses," says Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy (Shea Whigham) in the opening seconds of "Gaslit," premiering Sunday on Starz. "It is written and rewritten by soldiers carrying the banners of kings." Maybe. But it's definitely written by screenwriters and showrunners, which is why Jerry West is not unreasonably put off by what he regards as a libelous portrayal in HBO's "Winning Time" — many viewers, incurious to know more, will settle for the imaginary version.

    Two new more or less docu-dramatic series share an interest in women of Washington, D.C. — women not exactly behind the scenes, who had a tendency to speak up more than their politician husbands and their husband's advisers and their husband's parties would have wished them to. Both shows have a lot to say about marriage.

    Alongside "Gaslit," which makes media-happy Martha Mitchell the star she was in her heart — Julia

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