Starz new series ‘Gaslit’ starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn

MEH! NO! THANKS! BYE!

Regurgitated 20th century history as a vehicle for old movie stars. Shocked this isn’t Ryan Murphy.

I am officially over Watergate. I never want to hear about it again. Tell another story instead of the same old same old.

Julia does have a big mouth. Maybe she can play Martha Raye next.

Oh, you bitches will all be watching.

The makeup on Penn looks great, but the eyes shouldn't have been left untouched. They're too young (which is saying a lot, given it's Penn). He needed some kind of contact lenses to complete the look.

Interesting: Martha Mitchell died of cancer at 57, and then she was played in "Nixon" by Madeline Kahn, who also died of cancer at 57.

I would like to point out that Julia Roberts is 54.

The trailer looked pretty good.

Starz? I've never met anyone who has Starz.

Poor Julia has sunk to this?

Will this have an eye on the Trump years?

All those underlings who could right a huge wrong but won’t, and what that will ultimately cost them?

Looks great, and it’s very well cast. The good thing is, nos that Julia’s is coming out, hopefully it means we won’t have to suffer through Meryl’s version.

Fun fact, Danny Moder Roberts was the DP for the last movie Sean Penn directed. Just buddies having with buddies. That said the the trailer looks fun.

I can't watch anything with Penn. He's a terrible person.

It's a great teaser. Interesting she still gets top billing. I know her company is producing it but he's a very big star. Women really get top billing. Her name is abundantly first. And Sean Penn still did it. That's a pretty big deal.

It looks quite interesting. Unfortunately, as someone upthread pointed out, who has Starz?

Why is it on Starz? Those are two massive stars? It has to be money related somewhere.

R14 did you think her own production company was attempting to tell a story about a gu? Its very obviously a vehicle for her. And she looks good in the trailer. Sean Penn is her buddy and gets to play.

Watergate remains a fascinating story. The deeper you dig into all the stuff that happened the more fascinating it gets.

It's the best soap opera story ever written, a Shakespearean tragedy almost. And I'm sure the GQP still to this day has never forgiven the democrats for bringing down their president. And they have never forgotten the humiliation of trying to bring down Bill Clinton and failing.

Democrats: 2

Republicans: 0

R14 because she is the main lead and focus of the show. 🙄🙄🙄

R16 because clearly Starz is the one who decided to make this show…

The trailer looks good, I wish it were longer

I always wondered why Martha Mitchell wasn’t one of DL’s iconic divas.

She's before most of our times, I'm an eldergay, but was just a gayling during Watergate

I lived near Watergate for awhile. They had a nice grocery store in their garage. The best in the neighborhood. I wonder if it is still there?

Martha was everything DL loves. .Have some drinks and let your mouth do its thing.

The Safeway in the Watergate closed a few years ago, R24.

R26 did it? I didn’t know that

Starz?

I assume Netflix, Amazon, Apple, HBO....are not interested

R28 Starz created the series. It’s theirs. It wasn’t a show being pitched.

The trailer

The first episode is already up on the Starz app.

Yep. It’s good!

Really good so far. Watergate was before my time but I've always been interested in the total insanity of it all. I didn't know John Dean fucked around with call girls.

I liked the first episode, but the prosthetics/make up on Penn is a bit distracting.

Watching G. Gordon Liddy have a flip out in John Dean's office was hilarious. LIddy came and spoke at the college I attended. Weird and scary and all sorts of psychological issues.

The devices on Sean Penn is kind of amazing. for some reason I feel like his eyes are open and more clear with the make up.

Raymond Liddy is now the most compelling and loveable character in the show.

G Gordon Liddy was a fucking nutcase

Still married!

I believe John and Maureen Dean are the only ones who are still living, and John Dean is ancient now.

So far every photographer has long hair. and looks vaguely like Kyle Mooney.

God I miss the octagon shaped glasses of the early 70s! I had some. Very Oseary Drakoulias from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou!!!

Has anyone ever read Mo Dean's book on Watergate?

I absolutely love when the queen looks like a star in EVERY scene. Bitch would not have it any other way.

Why the horrible wig on Betty Gilpin?

I want to see this but who the hell has starz? So we have to sign up for yet another app. This show actually looks good unlike most streaming drivel.

Betty Gilpin and Sandra Bullock seem to be morphing into the same person.

r7, If you jinx Julia I will personally release a voodoo curse upon you. Tread lightly.

r14, Julia Roberts has been bigger than Sean Penn and most stars period since at least 1996. I would argue that she is still the biggest female movie star on the planet with JLO and Angelina as very close seconds.

Julia Roberts? Hard pass.

R48 Jlo a huge movie star? Are you crackers?

The two biggest female box office stars right how are ScarJo and Jennifer Lawrence.

r51, Thats right now. For example, Michael B. Jordan is currently a bigger box office draw than Will Smith but that doesn't make him a bigger star than Will Smith.

The only thing being gaslit was the public having to watch Julia pretend to be an actress for the past 3 decades.

r53, You are such a miserable little hater who's probably not very accomplished in your own field.

Martha Mitchell was an absolute harridan with a brassy manner and a foul mouth. Julia is playing it way too "classy."

Has Julia ever shown tits or ass in a movie?

r56, No.

I hate Julia Roberts. she's so annoying and FAKE

I loved the Watergate break-in reenactment. God, what bunch of doofuses they all were.

R56, barf emoji!

[quote] God, what bunch of doofuses they all were.

Looking forward to the miniseries based on Jan 6 insurrection.

r61 every single topic under the sun does not need to have Trump inserted into it.

No, but watching those Keystone Kops on "Gaslit" brought back fresher memories.

As a new fan of Dan Stevens I may watch.

What are his pronouns?

Dan Stevens is always great in everything.

[quote]What are his pronouns?

Maybe it's a windbreaker! What's a windbreaker again? Haa haaa haaaaa

I loved that Liddy and the others didn't think anything of those guys because they were "hippies."

That is hilarious and apparently true

You’re terrible, r7. And of course I’m stealing your blurb to post in my social media circle.

Oh, and OP’s post totally reads like a PR release. Pay for your own ads!

Does anyone know how true some of the wilder stuff is? Like, did Liddy actually choke Magruder? The burnt hand stuff?

She is very good in the series

Sean Penn's make-up routine must have made him a fulfilled ass, figuring a certain circle to his completeness.

DL fave Roberts has to be the Emmy frontrunner. The fabulousness of the clothes alone. Miss Thing looks fantastic. We all love a glamourous Julia Roberts.

I was very surprised to learn the young actress playing Julia Roberts' daughter (the nerd with glasses), is the same actress who played Reese Witherspoon's daughter in Big Little Lies.

Those tight 70s pants really show off Dan Stevens' ass

I'm enjoying this if not to just put everything together as to what happened. I'm more easily understanding just how bat-shit crazy this all was. It also goes to show how much more easily Republicans get away with this crap, even when they get caught. Ultimately, this did nothing to soil the Republican Party. High gas prices and a hostage crisis that didn't go Carter's way got them back in just a short while later. Crazy.

I want Dan Stevens in my mouth and hole. That is all.

The actor kind of grosses me out thanks to the character he’s playing. He drives around that Dijon Porsche like he has D.C.’s smallest penis.

I dunno. She's always Julia Roberts. And all the prosthetics on Penn make you wonder why they just didn't hire Tracy Letts or someone.

I didn't know that Martha Mitchell was once a panelist on To Tell the Truth.

This was a struggle to sit through. Julia Roberts was good, Sean Penn was a struggle, Downton Abbey was appalling.