Absolutely. It's there, just in the contrast of th judges' resumes that Mandy(?) makes, except even then we were taking different conclsions from her and my first response in the 90s would have been 'ugh, he plays golf.'
To be fair to Mandy, she is absolutely right from a PR standpoint, as is her job - Harrison would be easier to sell as a nominee. She just doesn't mention that he'd be easier because of racism, and classism, and the deeply ingrained idea in the American psyche that our leaders are supposed to be culled from the elite class. The episode hammers it home a little hard, and of course our heroes do the right thing in the end, but it does a neat job of exposing that ugly truth.
Ah, remember browsing in bookshops?
I DO. I can't wait to go back and get a book that I don't have to read in electronic form.
it's A Moment for the ship.
It's funny, teenage me was absolutely not into politics (prior to this show, that is), and only watched cause the commercials had some funny lines and Rob Lowe was very attractive. But I kept watching cause Brad Whitford was someone even more attractive, and I fell hard for him and Donna! Much love for that moment, for sure. I probably squealed.
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Date: 2021-02-16 09:42 am (UTC)To be fair to Mandy, she is absolutely right from a PR standpoint, as is her job - Harrison would be easier to sell as a nominee. She just doesn't mention that he'd be easier because of racism, and classism, and the deeply ingrained idea in the American psyche that our leaders are supposed to be culled from the elite class. The episode hammers it home a little hard, and of course our heroes do the right thing in the end, but it does a neat job of exposing that ugly truth.
Ah, remember browsing in bookshops?
I DO. I can't wait to go back and get a book that I don't have to read in electronic form.
it's A Moment for the ship.
It's funny, teenage me was absolutely not into politics (prior to this show, that is), and only watched cause the commercials had some funny lines and Rob Lowe was very attractive. But I kept watching cause Brad Whitford was someone even more attractive, and I fell hard for him and Donna! Much love for that moment, for sure. I probably squealed.