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Yeah, that's what I thought about S1 at the time too.
And I'm not that jaundiced about politics compared to some these days.
a liberal’s dreamy fantasy about how politics works.
I think it's more about how politics could work, so an idealised version of the politics at the time, which given what's happened since makes it seem like fantasy.
The characters are still great though. And wouldn't anyone wish for a President like Bartlett at the moment?
Chase discusses the movie on that podcast mentioned earlier.
Young Tony is played by Gandolfini’s son!
cant wait for it either, but in fairness all 86 episodes were like movies anyway – it will be like an extra length episode!
I really hope it's good. The Deadwood film was a bit flat.
Supposedly Tony isn't the lead character, it centres around Dickie Moltisanti (Christopher's Dad) who is mentioned a lot in the series, but never seen. Molti Santi is Italian for 'Many Saints'.
makes sense as Tony is only a minor figure until much later in the timeline. Hopefully though they include the often talked-about scene where he and Jackie Aprile knock over the high-stakes poker game!
an idealised version of the politics at the time
This was back when Newt Gingrich and the Clinton impeachment was still very fresh in everyone's mind. Nobody succeeds in politics by being hopelessly idealistic, but the partisanship back then had already grown very toxic. The West Wing was pretty naive, even by the standards of when it was made.
Just seeing her picture makes my blood pressure spike.
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