Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson are in service of an approach that is more history class diorama than riveting drama.
Would Showtime’s “The First Lady” work better if it hadn’t cast such famously recognizable actors to play Michelle Obama, Betty Ford and Eleanor Roosevelt? Who’s to say, but I found it more difficult than usual to suspend my disbelief over the course of this 10-part series, which toggles between the three eras of each woman.
It’s always fun to speculate about the marriages of public people — what are their conversations like in private? — and that’s primarily what the series has going for it. Early in the campaign, we see Michelle rushing to her Kenwood home, concerned when her daughters inform her Secret Service agents are now installed at the house.
There’s the issue of Anderson, who is miscast. Physically, she’s just wrong for the role at 5′3″ and the bone structure of her face, though exquisite, doesn’t lend itself to shapeshifting into unglamorous figures; I felt the same about her turn as Margaret Thatcher on “The Crown.” She’s a tremendous actor, but these roles don’t play to her strengths and the resulting performances have the feel of parody.
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