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    The Treatment

    Armando Iannucci

    A war in the Middle East may break out. What's more important than saving lives? Saving face, as seen in director Armando Iannucci's briliant satire, In the Loop, which derives from his BBC series, The Thick of It.

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    By Elvis Mitchell • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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