The political comedy ‘The Oath’ purposely pledges uncomfortable laughs

“The Oath” – Election Day 2018 is right around corner, and with political tensions at arguably an all-time high, friendships are strained or broken, and families members are not speaking to one another. For Chris (Ike Barinholtz) and his family, they ARE speaking to each other, but that is a horrendous problem. A comedian by trade, Barinholtz takes aim at the current sludge of political discourse by writing and directing a picture built in an alternative, modern universe where the presidential administration asks voting-age Americans to sign “The Patriot’s Oath”, to…