'The Politician' proves Ryan Murphy's final form is an acid trip

Ryan Murphy has a very particular set of skills. 
He’s a writer, producer, and a director, but plenty of other people are as well. Murphy’s special skill lies in creating worlds that look and sound like candy-colored versions of our own that feature elements that are more or less real — glee clubs exist, people do murder occasionally, and as seen in Netflix’s The Politician, high school elections are a thing — but that tilt in bizarre directions that feel &ldqu