'White House Plumbers' Gives Watergate the 'Veep' Treatment and Misses Big

REVIEW: The writing team behind HBO’s ‘Veep’ are back with 'White House Plumbers,' a confused political satire of Watergate starring Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, and Lena Headey.

starts out as farce, periodically dabbles in various tragedies and troubles in the Hunt family, and at various points attempts to draw direct lines between Hunt and Liddy’s dirty tricks and the way modern Republican political operatives work. At one point, they persuade lobbyist Dita Beard to baldfacedly lie about statements she gave the press regarding scandalous behavior by the White House.

is unfortunately not that project. Headey is giving an entirely grounded, if slyly funny, performance as Dorothy, who assists Howard from time to time but mostly finds his devotion to the cause, at the expense of her and their kids, exasperating.

— in a similar nothing part as the judge overseeing the initial Watergate burglary trial — perhaps signed on because this seemed like a project that would result in many Emmy nominations. Maybe they’re right, especially with

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