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...were a consultant on The West Wing. Aside from ideology, which candidate would be most like Jed Bartlet? The great benefit of that old President Bartlet was pretty much every show was an arc about how he thinks, how he experiences his presidency, what he thinks he faces, what attitude he brings to crises that he faces. That was a President thinking aloud. We could use more of that...
...disaster, all of which seemed to hammer the point home: Democrats just weren’t being tough enough. The advice keeps cropping up this election cycle. This week’s New York Times op-ed page proves the point, featuring an encounter between fictional President Josiah Bartlet of “The West Wing” and Barack Obama. The take-away message from this fresh batch of political onanism, in which Obama begs Bartlet for advice? “GET ANGRIER!”Reformed Reagan-era conservative Arianna Huffington takes Bartlet’s advice...
...thoughtful Henry scenes that elevate The Tudors from Desperate Palacewives to a West Wing--esque political drama. Like Martin Sheen's President Bartlet, Rhys Meyers' Henry is appealingly curious about the world around him. "We live in a political climate that is so anti-intellectual," says Beem. "The Tudors are the best-educated monarchs ever to get on the English throne. Henry wrote a book in Latin." He also had a keen eye for talent, surrounding himself with brilliant men like Cardinal Wolsey, played by Sam Neill as a surprisingly sympathetic character for modern audiences--more of a workaholic gunning...
After the Clinton-impeachment affair (or the Clinton-affair impeachment?), this drama argued that politics could be noble. Fast too--with the rapid dialogue and the hallway walk-and-talks, the staff of President Bartlet (Martin Sheen, below with John Goodman) had espresso in their veins. Wonky, sexy and high-minded, the show believed that romanticism in the defense of liberty was no vice...
...like negotiating an arms treaty. Is your beef with sketch shows that they used to be daring social critiques--("Chizzburger! Chizzburger!")--or that they used to make you laugh? Worse, Studio 60 fails to show us that Matt and Danny are actually funny. (Witty, yes, but so was President Bartlet.) In Episode 2, Matt has to come up with a knock-'em-dead opening sketch for his first show. His idea is--wait for it--a Pirates of Penzance parody. Studio 60 treats it like comic genius...