Nice to see such a comic talent score big in such as serious role as war correspondent in Afghanistan. Look forward to it - reviews are super solid! http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot-the-crazy-life-of-6866043.php [video=youtube;dxAcIWDi8ps]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxAcIWDi8ps[/video]
Don't know about the movie, but the person who it is based upon is real...Kim Barker. It takes a lot of brass balls to be a female journalist in Afghanistan and Pakistan, I'll give her credit for that.
She and Jon Stewart do not get enough credit for demolishing McCain/Palin. I think they played a big part in the margins.
There's an increasing trend of "comic" actors actually being good at serious performances; see Channing Tatum and Steve Carrell, for example.