A beautiful perfect idiot who will do anything for me.
The authoritarian as author.
The bubble has burst.
Will Tracy, Kate Winslett in ‘The Regime’Getty/MAX
The leader is forced to survive in the world shes made outside of the jewel box.
And can she somehow keep the story going.
Anyway, that was the idea for this episode at least.
And it seemed a tough challenge at first.
After all, our cast of characters has been more or less whittled down to two people.
Were outside of our usual comfort zone of the palace where almost all of the scenes take place.
The usual comforting rhythms and power dynamics are gone.
This kind of reshuffle can go badly for a writer.But I actually found it refreshingly writable.
I ended every scene knowing exactly where to go next.
(With a little help from the real-life story of the Ceausescus.)
Read the script below.
