The Regime HBOs new show has a problem, and its not Kate Winslet. Slate
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- HBO's The Regime stars Kate Winslet as the imaginary nation’s Elena Vernham
- But the show doesn’t match her vigor or her inventiveness
- The first couple of episodes, when the action is largely confined to the palace, play out mainly as a frenzied farce
Set mainly in an opulent luxury hotel recently commandeered to serve as the headquarters for a corrupt Central European chancellor, Will Tracys HBO miniseriesThe Regimebrings to banana republics th [+5115 chars]