Zine - 'The Diplomat' Netflix Series Notes

Do you remember book reports we did in school? This zine is a 'riff' on a book report. Using the zine format, it contains my most important notes from the first two seasons of 'The Diplomat', a Netflix production that I have really enjoyed watching.

The show is about a woman appointed as an Ambassador to the U.K. (rather than Ambassador to Afghanistan which is what she wanted). Plus it is about politics and political intrigue in two governments that intersect when there is an Embassy of one in the other's country. The show begins with the explosion on a U.K. Aircraft Carrier that results in many fatalities and the Prime Minister of the U.K. is intent on finding the responsible party, as he should be. Of course, there are many other plot twists and turns beyond this single incident.

Because I don't want to give away the show, I'm only providing a photo of the zine's cover . It is a quick sketch of the White House, because it is the U.S. President who nominates Ambassadors (even though the Senate has to approve them).

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