In the Loop

The West Wing Weekly by Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Oct 8, 202447:12TV & Film

This week, we're discussing the razor-sharp dialogue and side-splitting comedy of In the Loop (2009), one the greatest political satires. Here are footnotes for some of the stuff outside of the film that came up in the c...

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