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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.
By Suzy Weiss
07.29.24 — Culture and Ideas
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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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Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss is a co-founder and reporter for The Free Press and host of Second Thought. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.
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