Dexter's Jennifer Carpenter Has Landed A Danger-Filled New Pilot — cinemablend.com

Stanistan will take place in the Middle Eastern country of the same name, “where State Department workers, covert CIA officers and journalists strike a delicate balance of danger and levity,” according to Deadline. Sounds like the kegs are going to be in a perma-tapped state in Stanistan, where the wit is more present than street dust, am I right? Carpenter will play Marcie Post, a Public Affairs Officer and daughter of a highly respected diplomat. Her job becomes spinning all of the U.S. government’s activity in the country, which I’m sure makes her everyone’s best friend from the very beginning. The Middle Eastern setting and politically-tinged subject matter bring to mind series like Showtime’s Homeland and FX’s Tyrant, but the whole “public relations” angle makes me wonder if this will be a more tabloid-ish affair. All that levity has to go somewhere.

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