
In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.
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Michael Murphy
Jack Tanner

Pamela Reed
T.J. Cavanaugh

Cynthia Nixon
Alex Tanner

Kevin J. O'Connor
Hayes Haggerty

Daniel H. Jenkins
Stringer Kincaid

Jim Fyfe
Emil Berkoff

Matt Malloy
Deke Connors

Ilana Levine
Andrea Spinelli

Veronica Cartwright
Molly Hark

Harry Anderson
Billy Ridenhour

Wendy Crewson
Joanna Buckley
Sandra Bowie
Stevie Chevalier

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MyMusic
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