watch it now on Netflix. (★★★★☆)This FX on Hulu miniseries does a little time-hopping itself, back to the ’70s and the incipient struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment, notably the war of words (and baked goods) between conservative nightmare Phyllis Schlafly and her minions and the queens of women’s rights Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, and Shirley Chisholm, who slowly, tortuously attempt to get the ERA ratified.
It’s a stunningly well-written and produced series, and features perhaps the most clever opening credits sequences you’ll ever see.
Cate Blanchett makes a steely yet surprisingly vulnerable Schlafly without ever attempting to make her sympathetic. She’s essentially a demon in apron strings.
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