How to Stage a ‘Coup!’
A still from Coup!, a zippy romp that’s out August 2. (Greenwich Entertainment)
A new film set during the 1918 Spanish flu pits one man’s political ambitions against another’s class consciousness.
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If your politics are right, are you allowed to do something wrong?
That’s one of the questions threading Coup!, a new comedy of class hypocrisy opening in theaters August 2. A zippy romp that earns each of its tight ninety minutes on-screen, it takes place on an island off the East Coast—think Martha’s Vineyard—during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. In t…
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