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...1994—would know. If Harvard seems well-represented on the resumes of TV’s White House power brokers, it may be because so many of the show’s producers and writers themselves traversed the winding paths of the Yard. In addition to Goffman, Harvard trained three of the show’s producers: Eli Attie ’89, Lawrence O’Donnell ’76 and Paul Redford...
Attie, O’Donnell and Goffman, whose careers have spanned the political and entertainment worlds, are all emphatic about maintaining the distinction between their television work and the reality of government...
...Goffman concurs...
Besides, says Goffman, dramatizing real issues does not necessarily lead to effecting change...
...addition to weaving their real-life political experiences into the show, Attie, O’Donnell and Goffman have also found their Harvard ties useful in fleshing out their characters. When Goffman maps out the show’s dialogue and issue-oriented debates, he utilizes strategies that he learned at the KSG. Attie, meanwhile, looks to the personality types that he encountered at Harvard when he crafts characters...