Sneak Peak: AMC's "Conspiracy"

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June 9, 2010 at 5:10PM

This is AMC's new TV show about a conspiracy, "Conspiracy." It's about a secret plot so vast and so deep and mysterious it can only be untangled by a guy whose facial expression varies between "wait, what?" and "my foot is asleep." Also, there are mysterious four-leaf clovers left at the scene of the crimes, just to make sure people link them together. That's how deep buried conspiracies work, you see: clue-strewage. Okay, set up a patsy to take the fall for the JFK hit, make it air-tight, and send in another guy to whack the patsy, but make sure you leave a four-leaf clover at the scene.

These movies were all the rage in the 70s, when the very word "conspiracy" gave people delicious shivers. The CIA / Aliens / Saudi bankers / Mole people / Mafia / were at the heart of all great events, and one lone guy, using the awesome power of Journalism or some such people's tool, exposed their inner workings. "The DaVinci Code" brought back the genre, and now it's set to go again.

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