Movie #2111 "The Comey Rule" (Cox-On Demand)I found this quite interesting and intriguing. Yes, it is very talky, and yes Comey is pretty quiet, at times holier-than-thou, smart and full of integrity --- but he is termed a bit of a showboat at times by Rod Rosenstein and others. So all of it wasn't so dry......But I have to say there were very little surprises here, given the complete coverage that Rachel Maddow offers us on a nightly basis in her broadcasts, because she focused on him and his weird decisions up to the 2016 election quite a bit. So if you paid attention to headlines, you might feel that way, too. But I did like to overhear some of the closeted discussions of the people doing the work in the FBI during this time --- I had read some of Andrew MacCabe's book and heard him speak in the past , and his story corroborates Comey's version here in this miniseries which is based on Comey's book. They try to let us know that Comey constantly took notes and then locked them up in a safe for future use (for this book, I'm guessing). I did not read his book, but one little surprise offered in this piece is some of the dialogue between agent orange and Comey at the now infamous ( "just the two of them") dinner. Also I delighted in seeing how the various people tried to handle Agent Orange and his lies ---- it's kind of a cat and mouse game in talking to him: you try to say what he wants to hear (flattery) while trying to speak only the truth in the situation. It was nice to see Comey's family and how they react at various times to his election- altering decisions. (it was a wife and three daughters, who asked his permission to join in on the protest the weekend after the election) And another interesting factor is to learn a bit more on what Obama knew and when, as well. I will be anxious to see this played out again in another 10 years when we are farther away from the fiasco of the Trump administration, and when more people are willing to tell their side of the story (and whistleblowers don't have their lives endangered by coming forward). I didn't like the portrayal of Trump --- too cartoonish for me --- but he had the staring eyes and his manner that would make anyone uncomfortable ---Ironically, they are the same traits shared with Comey....just not the same values. I think this was a good show for this time period --- a reminder that some people with integrity are still trying to do the right thing in the justice department.
"THE COMEY RULE" 3 hours and 30 minutes 2020 miniseries
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