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But as Burke she embodies another sort of power: hair-trigger American militarism with a fat dose of Islamophobia.
Burke is only an ideologue if you count American exceptionalism as an ideology, but that will do.
Her aim is total victory against the primeval bastards who threaten U.S. hegemony.
Many of those around her point and whisper.
Others angrily confront her.
Is he a pervert or does he have a political ax to grind?
Chappelle walks the line wobbly.
The character is plainly stricken with guilt, but has she evolved?
Is the nickname Libby meant to suggest a burgeoning inner lefty?
(Libby Lamm could be translated as liberal on the run.)
An Acceptable Losshas its moments, though.
Tavassoli is a smart, wiry young actor he brings tension even to scenes that are flabbily written.
And Curtis is fascinating, at least until her final, preposterous scene.
She often plays jumpy, with wide and nervous peripheral vision.
