Sometimes, escapist media works best when it presents a vision of a world that’s somewhat close to the one someone is trying to run away from, but without any of the real-life stressors that make that situation so taxing. (This writer watched a lot of Veep in November 2020, for example.) In an interview with The A.V. Club, Brandon Scott said he hopes his Max show, The Girls On The Bus, serves a similar purpose. Adapted from New York Times reporter Amy Chozik’s memoir Chasing Hillary, The Girls... Read this story
