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Speaking of MASH I would say Donna is pretty much Radar, Josh has a bit of Hawkeye in him, and Leo is Col. Potter. I always get depressed after watching The West Wing because real US politics is filled with people that are much more incompetent and evil. Real republicans are as close to comic book villains as you can get, while the Democrats never make any worthwhile progress on anything.
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Josh Lyman posted:The White House does not engage in any activity that violates the 5th Amendment or Title 6. Josh, why the pornstache? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3g50Q8nuMQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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Jul 10, 2011 02:18
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The West Wing is an idealized version of our society, The Wire is our reality.
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Jul 10, 2011 19:55
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Plucky Brit posted:.... Also I didn't like the death penalty episode just because nobody pointed out the obvious; if you execute people you will also execute innocent people. That's not really relevant. You can say the same about any punishment. e.g. If you jail people you can also jail innocent people. Honestly I'd rather be wrongly executed than wrongly given life imprisonment. Especially that after about a year or so in the American prison system I would have probably lost my humanity. Life isn't an numbers game, life isn't better just because you reach the bigger number, quality matters as much as quantity.
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Jul 11, 2011 16:16
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Omne posted:At that point wasn't Josh working with Santos? Come to think of it (goes to show how much I paid attention to the oval office during those latter seasons) who took over as Deputy CoS for Josh? Wasn't it CJ?
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Jul 28, 2011 23:44
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jeffersonlives posted:Josh's replacement was Cliff Calley, the Republican Donna dated in season 3. He showed up for a couple episodes and then was an offscreen character in season 7. Yeah, that and Vinick on staff would never fly in the real world, in today's political climate you're more likely to have an Al-Qaeda member on staff rather than a member of the opposition party.
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Jul 28, 2011 23:56
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Real life has had much shittier/corrupt presidential siblings, Santos's brother was a lightweight, off the top of my head: Donald Nixon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Nixon Billy Carter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Carter William H.T. "Bucky" Bush http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._T._Bush Roger Clinton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Clinton,_Jr. Neil Bush: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bush Maybe if the show went on Santos's brother would be caught doing more and more corrupt things leading Santos to frame it all on that bastard Chicky Hines. scarymonkey fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Jul 31, 2011 |
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Jul 31, 2011 09:16
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I like the episode where Josh acts exhausted while the rest of the staff looks well rested.
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Aug 17, 2011 03:18
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The grudge refers to the "Ricky Tahoe" character in Studio 60 being a not too subtle reference to West Wing writer Rick Cleveland. Full back story here: http://bitchkittie.blogspot.com/2006/02/long-back-story-of-aaron-sorkin-west.html
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Aug 17, 2011 09:42
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thrawn527 posted:I've always heard this, but I'm curious, when did they work together? And is it just some weird coincidence that Kristen Chenoweth was on The West Wing, but not until Sorkin left? Yep, this explains it all: http://kchenoweth.net/media_article_torontostar.php
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Aug 17, 2011 15:08
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Dancingthroughlife posted:What year? Was his speech too self-serving or what? Hey grabbed the mic away from Taylor Swift and claimed Josiah Bartlett doesn't care about black people. Serious answer: Just read my above link. He didn't acknowledge or let talk West Wing writer Rick Cleveland who co-wrote the episode that won the Emmy.
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Aug 18, 2011 02:42
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hypocrite lecteur posted:Why did Moira Kelly end up leaving the west wing? Was it just because she sucked? quote:She left the show after the first season after deciding with producer Aaron Sorkin that her character had played its story out and that Janel Moloney served as a better foil for Bradley Whitford. Her character was not mentioned on the show again, leading to the term Mandyville. Source: http://westwing.wikia.com/wiki/Moira_Kelly
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Aug 18, 2011 21:59
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TheBigBad posted:I think Aaron never used her properly. She is in fact the best snarky bitch ever. See Cutting Edge. I never really understood her role, it would make sense to bring her on a new campaign (ala Bruno) but not as a staffer. It was CJs job to communicate the White House message to the public, Toby's to help shape the msssage and Josh's job to help execute the president's legislative agenda among the House and Senate. Her role jumped the shark when she took it upon herself to get two Chinese Pandas for a zoo, at that point Donna already was doing more important work than Mandy.
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Aug 18, 2011 22:32
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If you have the money for it you can download/watch West Wing in HD from iTunes and Amazon streaming: http://hd.engadget.com/2010/11/05/all-seven-seasons-of-the-west-wing-finally-available-in-hd-bu/
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Aug 22, 2011 23:19
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Speaking of CJ, this is one of my favorite classic moments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVRSBAShXcM
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Aug 23, 2011 02:44
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thrawn527 posted:Since season 1 was never aired in widescreen, I assume they shot it with full screen in mind. Watching it in widescreen, are there any screw ups in the edges of the screen they didn't bother cutting out since they were showing in full screen? Boom mikes or anything like that? I forget which season but I saw a wide screen error, might be season 1. Sam and Toby are in Toby's office discussing something and Sam shuts the door and the next cut it's Sam sitting on Toby's office couch but on the left edge of the screen you can see the door is still open.
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Aug 25, 2011 07:18
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I think the conservative judge might have been a slight nod to Earl Warren, a Republican appointee that surprised many conservatives by handing down very social liberal decisions.
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Aug 29, 2011 03:14
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MrBling posted:He should play football.
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Sep 26, 2011 21:01
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I know Sorkin is credited with the walk and talk but I've been watching a lot of old ER lately, another John Wells production, and there's a lot of proto walk and talk in it.
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Sep 28, 2011 04:28
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You guys don't know how Sorkin writes, it was probably a cut scene that went something like this: *Enter the Father entering the West Wing escorted by Josh Lyman and Donna Moss* Josh (Speaking to the Father): And here is where all the real magic happens Donna: He used to saying that only to Women Josh: Donna Donna: Josh Josh: Donna Donna: Josh Josh: Donna, don't you have somewhere else to be? *enter Joey Lucas* Joey: Josh we have to talk about these numbers. Josh: This is Joey Lucas, she's a Quaker Joey: Thanks Josh then a conversation between Joey and him take place on the current situation and what she believes should be done and how she advised the President
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Stuface posted:The fact that the President takes the censure over having the news about Leo come out is one of my favourite things in the whole show. Sounds pretty stupid in such a far reaching and impressive show, but it's just a pretty touching moment. This guy's the most powerful man in the world and he'll take a hit rather than let his best friend be dragged through the mud. I remember the main reason he justified in doing it was that he was simply wrong and he never apologized for it.
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