Whatever the limit of the Gold shenanigans, they all feel very much in service of the message of a prescient play about the dangers of populist manipulation by those invested in the status quo.
Had Henrik Ibsen’s Dr. Thomas Stockmann of “An Enemy of the People” been a character on the HBO zeitgeist drama “Succession,” he’d have been a whistleblower railing against the perniciously dysfunctional Roys as they manipulated a presidential election entirely to suit their own nefarious interests.
Strong’s creation is a classic, rumpled Ibsen do-gooder, an unvarnished wielder of scientific facts, oblivious to how the forces of business and its government lackeys surely will amass against him and a man willing to risk personal obliteration to get out his message that people will die from the contaminating bacteria at the town baths. And it will come as no surprise that Strong, under the direction of Sam Gold, dives deep, way deep, into his waters.
Gold has cast Michael Imperioli of “The Sopranos” fame as Peter Stockmann, adding yet another theater-in-conversation-with-TV layer to these lively proceedings. Imperioli’s Peter, his coif looking especially bouffant, preaches expediency and discretion to keep the bath business running but lets you know he’ll break even his brother’s legs if need be.
And Strong grabs that sudden intimate connection like a man holding onto a bucking steer, falling ever deeper into his character’s abyss. It is a sight to see. Strong is one of the great American actors of his generation. And Imperoli is no slouch either. He’s as live and present as anyone could ask.
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