Left (West) Wing Part Deux
By now, many of you have heard of the joyous little piece called "Commander in Chief", starring Geena Davis, due to premiere soon on ABC. Of course, those on the Left are absolutely delirious with delight. John Fund at the WSJ's Opinion Journal gives an interesting account of what he's been hearing. The show's creator, Rod Lurie, has made it clear that he'd love to see this as West Wing + Hillary type figure, but of course business being business he can't alienate everyone just yet. There are the ratings for the premiere to consider and all.
Mr. Lurie insists that red-state viewers need not shun the show. He admits that he "can't write to a belief system that I can't swallow myself," but he says that he has hired some conservative writers to make up for his deficit. Not that a balanced approach was evident at last week's series-celebrating parties, in Washington and New York, hosted by the feminist White House Project.
Can't swallow those hilljack red-state values, but hey I'll hire a couple of writers who believe in that schlock if it means you'll watch. Not that there material will make it into the script...
Frankly, I never liked the whole "red state" designation anyway. I always envisioned it as some network exec's cute idea of getting back at people who traditionally were the leaders in hating communism by identifying them with the phrasology that we in those states used to employ. Of course, that's just my little pet conspiracy theory.
I'll go ahead and make the obvious prediction. It'll be an homage to Hillary's 2008 run as what the Left would like to believe her presidency would be like, just as the Left Wing was how they wished Bill Clinton would act more like Martin Sheen. Of course, the predictable public backing the Leftist champion scenes will likely continue in defiance of reality. I'll take it for what it likely will be, a true comedy fantasy, like "Never Been Kissed" or Al Gore thinking he's President.
It's like watching game films to see the Left's dream agenda if the American public actually bought into their crap. And who can beat leftist Donald Sutherland (who also is a great actor to watch) playing a mean bad conservative (or at least the leftist vision of all conservatives as Teutonic Knight-type book-burning slaughters of the innocent and poor), following in the mold of the other great leftist Richard Dreyfuss from "The American President". Should be a hoot.
By now, many of you have heard of the joyous little piece called "Commander in Chief", starring Geena Davis, due to premiere soon on ABC. Of course, those on the Left are absolutely delirious with delight. John Fund at the WSJ's Opinion Journal gives an interesting account of what he's been hearing. The show's creator, Rod Lurie, has made it clear that he'd love to see this as West Wing + Hillary type figure, but of course business being business he can't alienate everyone just yet. There are the ratings for the premiere to consider and all.
Mr. Lurie insists that red-state viewers need not shun the show. He admits that he "can't write to a belief system that I can't swallow myself," but he says that he has hired some conservative writers to make up for his deficit. Not that a balanced approach was evident at last week's series-celebrating parties, in Washington and New York, hosted by the feminist White House Project.
Can't swallow those hilljack red-state values, but hey I'll hire a couple of writers who believe in that schlock if it means you'll watch. Not that there material will make it into the script...
Frankly, I never liked the whole "red state" designation anyway. I always envisioned it as some network exec's cute idea of getting back at people who traditionally were the leaders in hating communism by identifying them with the phrasology that we in those states used to employ. Of course, that's just my little pet conspiracy theory.
I'll go ahead and make the obvious prediction. It'll be an homage to Hillary's 2008 run as what the Left would like to believe her presidency would be like, just as the Left Wing was how they wished Bill Clinton would act more like Martin Sheen. Of course, the predictable public backing the Leftist champion scenes will likely continue in defiance of reality. I'll take it for what it likely will be, a true comedy fantasy, like "Never Been Kissed" or Al Gore thinking he's President.
It's like watching game films to see the Left's dream agenda if the American public actually bought into their crap. And who can beat leftist Donald Sutherland (who also is a great actor to watch) playing a mean bad conservative (or at least the leftist vision of all conservatives as Teutonic Knight-type book-burning slaughters of the innocent and poor), following in the mold of the other great leftist Richard Dreyfuss from "The American President". Should be a hoot.
posted by Rob Beck | 3:05 PM
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