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Before you got twisted up by this lying con man?
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The four-episode show is about the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield (played by Michael Shannon) by a mentally ill con man, Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen).
—Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Starring Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist, the show was about a female detective who, struggling to be taken seriously, hires a suave con man as her front.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Weeks later and about 90 blocks south, fellow Tony winner Matthew Broderick began playing the pious con man that causes holy hell in Lucas Hnath and Sarah Benson’s gender-bending revival.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The four-episode show is about the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield (played by Michael Shannon) by a mentally ill con man, Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen).
—Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Starring Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist, the show was about a female detective who, struggling to be taken seriously, hires a suave con man as her front.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Weeks later and about 90 blocks south, fellow Tony winner Matthew Broderick began playing the pious con man that causes holy hell in Lucas Hnath and Sarah Benson’s gender-bending revival.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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