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‘Game Change’ more complex than a caricature of Palin and McCain

HBO's portrayal of '08 Palin, McCain campaign captures the iconic moments

By Sarah Rodman

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 09, 2012

“Game Change’’ is not a Sarah Palin hatchet job. But it’s certainly no love letter either. Instead it is a highly entertaining dramatization of the behind-the-scenes machinations of the Republican side of the 2008 presidential campaign that is unlikely to sway already entrenched opinions on both sides about any of its main players.

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