Since Veep ended its run in 2019, it’s been a frequently repeated observation that the HBO political comedy could not work today. Our actual political landscape, in which government officials are adding journalists to top-secret group chats or running around in wrong-sized shoes as a form of flattery, has too far superseded anything even the most cutting jokester could ever have dreamed up.
By the same token, one of the biggest bugs plaguing AMC’s The Audacity may be the timing. Created by Succession and Better Call Saul alum Jonathan Glatzer, the series tries to deliver pitch-black satire of Silicon Valley venality at a point when we’re confronted with its most extravagantly noxious manifestations every time we log on to find horrifying headlines about “AI psychosis,” or the latest racist missives from X’s most dedicated power user. If the series’ cynicism feels right on the money, it doesn’t feel like it’s
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