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Inventing Anna, or the American obsession with money and power

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / February 14, 2022 / #eldersrock, Alexis Floyd, Anna Chlumsky, Anna Deavere Smith, Anthony Edwards, Arian Moayed, Inventing Anna, Jessica Pressler, Julia Garner, Kate Burton, Katie Lowes, Laverne Cox, Saamer Usmani, Shonda Rhimes, Women Directors

Inventing Anna, a Netflix mini-series about the rise and fall of a fake socialite from creator Shonda Rhimes, is fascinating and compelling television. I took it as a parable about the rot at the heart of the American psyche. It’s a classic tale of good and evil, truth and lies, reality and illusion.