Raithe

https://www.theonion.com/activists-call-on-sitcom-producers-to-reckon-with-genre-1846176834

Also of note.. Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie Join Netflix's Sandman Show (gizmodo.com)

Hmm. Buck Rogers TV Reboot Will Star George Clooney – /Film (slashfilm.com)

To be fair, The Expendables is pretty much that strange mix of friends/associates getting a working holiday, and a homage to the tropes of the classic 80's action films that made them "great" in the beginning. That knowing nod and wink to what were elements of utter cheese now, but at the time were considered serious. With huge dosing of basic fan service for the people that saw those films in the cinema at the time.

Thinking of going back to the beginning....

Maybe not directly US politics per se, but for that fairly uncomplicated explanation..