Party Tricks is a 2014 Australian dramedy mini-series about a liberal female Prime Minister of Victoria (played by Asher Keddie), who suddenly has an upstart challenger, a handsome, charismatic journalist with a wealthy backer and no government experience (Rodger Corser), who has decided to run against her in an upcoming election.
The bigger problem for both of them -- the two of them had shared a secret extra-marital affair in the past, which they both hope desperately to keep quiet.
This series was very well done. In a similar vein to the popular CBS series The Good Wife (but set in Australia), it explores the hazards and difficulties of having complicated personal lives and conflicted emotions under the intense pressures of competing political interests and relentless media scrutiny. Recommended.
The Memory Cache is the personal blog site of Wayne Parker, a Seattle-based writer and musician. It features short reviews of books, movies and TV shows, and posts on other topics of current interest.
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