Actors Ben Platt and Lucy Boynton had very different high school experiences. One attended a super competitive Hollywood institute, the other a more down-to-earth British establishment. In their new show, however, both share a gilded, glamorous All-American school where the competition is cut-throat and the humour as black as tar.
The show is The Politician, the first offering from Glee creator Ryan Murphy's US$300 million (S$414 million) production deal with Netflix. Platt takes centre stage as a near-sociopathic, politically obsessed student, while Boynton is a spoilt and entitled fellow student and rival. They go head to head in a race to become the leader of the student council.
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