Jeri Jacquin
On Bluray from HBO Home Entertainment is the amazing cast
and Emmy Winning comedy back to share all with VEEP: The Complete Sixth Season.
President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is not handling
the loss in the Senate resolving the Electoral College tie that ended last
season. Her staff has gone to the four winds as Dan (Reid Scott) can be found
on CBS This Morning television, and Amy (Anna Chlumsky) is set to marry
politician Buddy Calhoun. Jonah (Timothy Simons) is still in Congress and now Kent is working
for him.
Her only continuing contact is with Mike (Matt Walsh) who
has become Mr. Mom taking care of his three kids while helping Selina with her
memoir. Richard (Sam Richardson) is still helping her as well even if Gary (Tony
Hale) isn’t happy about it.
As Selina works on her Presidential library, she finds out
Andrew has been cheating. What’s worse is that it’s with the woman who painted
her official portrait – how’s that for kicking a former President while she’s
already down! Dealing with Buddy’s (Matt Oberg) latest potential tabloid fodder,
Amy works on a way to downplay his DUI arrest.
Participating as an observer in Georgia ’s free elections, Selina
learns how their process works and the word ‘bribe’ is thrown around. Ready to
head back to the states, the rumor mill is working overtime as she hears that a
Supreme Court nomination is in the wind.
Before heading for Qatar , Selina finally picks a
location for her library. Once in Qatar , she finds herself in the
middle of photo ops that prove to be more than she had anticipated. So much for
putting Tibet
first and foremost.
Between unveiling her Presidential portrait and Gary ’s birthday party,
things couldn’t get crazier – or could they. Selina’s diary ends up in the
hands of Amy and Mike and it contains more secrets than even they could have
imagined.
A better book is Selina’s memoirs and thinking she just
might have something good going; an expose also comes out that doesn’t paint
her in the best light. Jonah is trying to make his place in politics and that
too isn’t exactly going to plan as a grab for it all leaves him empty handed.
The Presidential library breaks ground but that isn’t the
only news that is about to be shared in life and in the White House!
First of all, a big congratulations goes out to VEEP’s new Emmy
winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Actually she continues to win an Emmy for her role
as Selina Meyer and I, for one and many, couldn’t be happier. She has made her
mark in this series and continues to do so. I always encourage my friends to
watch the show and even more so to do a marathon of VEEP when a Bluray is
released right before the next season. This show is witty, smart and has a cast
that is complete perfection.
What stands out is the satirical slaps that have continued for
six seasons and shows no signs of slowing down. The narrative of the show is
one of politics, weird slips, anxiety, dysfunction, sharp and even twisted in a
way that makes us all stop and think – hmmmm…this isn’t that far from the mark
now is it!
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with huge fan bases that include the shows True
Blood, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, True Detectives, The Wire, Entourage and Game of Thrones. Launched in 1984, HBO
is world wide in viewed entertainment in more than 70 territories around the
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The Bluray includes the episodes Omaha, Library, Georgia, Justice, Chicklet, Qatar, Blurb, Judge, A
Woman First and Groundbreaking. The
Bonus Features include Seven Audio
Commentaries with Cast & Crew including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale,
Reid Scott, Matt Walsh, Timothy Simons, David Mandel and more!
VEEP was created by Armando Iannucci, Oscar nominee for
co-writing IN THE LOOP, along with David Mandel as Executive Producer and
Showrunner for Seasons Five and Six. The ensemble cast includes two-time Emmy
winner Tony Hale, Emmy nominee Anna Chlumsky, Emmy nominee Matt Walsh, Reid
Scott, Timothy Simons, Kevin Dunn, Emmy nominee Gary Cole and Sam Richardson.
In the end – they are making history whether you like it or
not!
