What happens to political satire when the real world goes mad? ‘Veep’ is about to find out.

The following article by Ben Terris was posted on the Washington Post website April 9, 2017:

On Nov. 8, as the nation picked its 45th president, Julia Louis-Dreyfus spent the night observing a fake election.

The scene, filmed for an upcoming episode of the political comedy “Veep,” unfolded in what was supposed to be a polling station in a post-Soviet republic. Actors dressed as villagers — wool caps, scarves, an unruly chicken tucked under an arm — ambled across the set to dip their fingers in ink, as Louis-Dreyfus, in character as ex-president Selina Meyer, kept watch. Continue reading “What happens to political satire when the real world goes mad? ‘Veep’ is about to find out.”