BrainDead Stars Take You Inside "The West Wing Meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
If there's anything more bizarre than real-life politics in this election year, it's CBS' new political satire BrainDead.
[...] woven in with the fictional plotlines is actual news footage of political figures, particularly presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
"[The show] is not really making a statement against Democrats or Republicans," Tveit, who plays Republican legislative director Gareth Ritter, says.
In addition to Tveit, BrainDead stars Tony Shalhoub as Republican Senator Red Wheatus and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary filmmaker from a political family who returns to the Beltway to work for her brother, Democratic Majority Whip Luke Healy (Danny Pino).
Telltale signs include adopting extremist views, giving up alcohol, and embarking on a juice cleanse.
[...] yeah, there's plenty of scenes with bugs crawling in ears and, in one case a brain being squeezed out through an ear, that will make squeamish viewers dive into the nearest couch pillow.