Jan Irving News Today

Dec. 10, 2020 2:33 pm ET The physical and social backgrounds essential to this dark political tale exert their powers early. “Total Control” (begins Thursday, Dec. 17, Sundance Now) is a six-part drama set in the Australian Outback. A place, we’re shown, where people spend their days swatting at the flies circling their heads, and where conversation is dry and to the point, and jokey, though without cruelty. It’s the way of this society to be wary of strangers but no...