A long time ago I remarked upon the similarity between the current US election and that of season seven in TV's (and possible man's) greatest achievement - The West Wing. The BBC's online review magazine have picked up on the story, and although I didn't realise it it seems that, at least in the Santos-Obama case, the similarity was entirely accidental. Particularly if you've seen the DNC episode where Santos gets the nomination (in the fictional contest) and compare it to Obama's infamous speech as a relative unknown in 2004, that's pretty easy to believe. On the other side of the aisle, the Vinick-McCain axis is a bit more of a coincidence, it would see. Although I would be perfectly happy with Alda's character as President (integrity, charisma, rationale), whereas McCain (slander, pander, and the charisma of the Black Hole of Calcutta) still gives me the willies.Read the full article here.
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2 comments:
I read this story and like u had already made the comparisson. It seems that Bush may have fixed the 2000 election but NBC perhaps have played an important role in this 1. Well it would it Americans had an attention span slightly larger than that of a goldfish. Remember thou. Alda was supposed to win the election b4 leo died...watch out Biden.
Aye, well, I never said the outcome would have any bearing... particularly as there's no Toby-esque characters to completely miswrite and screw up!
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