“‘But I read her play and immediately said, ‘We’re producing this.’”[2] Dry Powder is a comedy-drama principally concerned with the world of private equity, viewed through the microcosm of a firm’s competing attempts to confront the fallout from a public relations crisis.
“I was fascinated by the culture of the place," she said in an interview with The Washington Post, explaining that the juxtaposition of moral responsibility with bankers' complex, abstract business transactions seemed fertile ground for a satirical production.
FX announced that the third season of its Emmy Award-winning anthology series American Crime Story would explore the sex scandal surrounding U.S. President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky,[11] with Burgess as the head writer,[12] showrunner, and executive producer.
[13] FX CEO Jon Landgraf says the show will highlight "the overlooked dimensions of the women who found themselves caught up in the scandal and political war that cast a long shadow over the Clinton Presidency."
The season will star Beanie Feldstein as Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, and Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, and is set to premiere on September 7, 2021.