The New Pope
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Everything important, anyway.
Malkovich makes a meal of the role.
Its both his charm as an actor, and his limitation.
Thats certainly true here.
She flirts shamelessly with some of Francis IIs lingering Franciscan monk goon squad before flipping them the bird.
And she has cybersex with him while in Brannoxs estate, with the spirit of Pius XIII looking on.
Even if he doesnt exist, Gutierrez would reply, we desperately need to believe hes there.
Brannox flips this parable of belief on its head.
He offers a parable of his own, about a vagrant on the street.
While various figures in his life offer to help, the Church, Brannox says, simplythinksabout the man.
In a similar fashion, Sir John willthinkabout the Church, and thereby come up with his answer.
