I'm sure I went 'HITG from The West Wing' when I first saw Coulson too, but I've watched Coulson now for nearly as long as The West Wing on TV and in several movies.
Bartlet, for all his wonderful qualities and father-of-daughters thing, is very steeped in benign sexism.
Absolutely.
I wonder if that's a difference in male vs female perspective.
Quite possibly. I'll try to keep an eye out for how Bartlet approaches what Abbey has yet to go through, also.
it's hard not to understand his dislike of the administration after seeing that. He had to swallow everything in that moment for the good of his party - knowing they'd never win if he went public with the admission their favored candidate had been hiding that big of a secret - and that's not something a person is just going to get over.
Thanks for reminding me of the context of his responsibilities to the party as well. It would have been at the forefront of his thnking at that point in time.
John Spencer was only four years older than Joanna Gleason, actually! I think that's a massive demonstration of the way men in Hollywood (and life, really) are allowed to age, but women aren't.
Ack, my bad! Although I did assume within that context of double standards around ageing.
I always assumed they're supposed to be contemporaries in age.
But also in my defence, he did seem to be prioritising his experience and power in politics over her experience and profesional standing as a lawyer.
My only justification for that is he knows that if he went to Sam or CJ, they'd give him actually practical advice ("just tell her you want to go out, dummy"), and that was very much not what he wanted to hear. So instead, Toby.
Actually, that is a pretty decent justification!
Charlie's face when Sam presents that one to him is priceless.
Ooh, can you imagine Charlie's face if Josh had gone to him instead of Toby, though?
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Date: 2021-10-10 01:43 pm (UTC)Bartlet, for all his wonderful qualities and father-of-daughters thing, is very steeped in benign sexism.
Absolutely.
I wonder if that's a difference in male vs female perspective.
Quite possibly. I'll try to keep an eye out for how Bartlet approaches what Abbey has yet to go through, also.
it's hard not to understand his dislike of the administration after seeing that. He had to swallow everything in that moment for the good of his party - knowing they'd never win if he went public with the admission their favored candidate had been hiding that big of a secret - and that's not something a person is just going to get over.
Thanks for reminding me of the context of his responsibilities to the party as well. It would have been at the forefront of his thnking at that point in time.
John Spencer was only four years older than Joanna Gleason, actually! I think that's a massive demonstration of the way men in Hollywood (and life, really) are allowed to age, but women aren't.
Ack, my bad! Although I did assume within that context of double standards around ageing.
I always assumed they're supposed to be contemporaries in age.
But also in my defence, he did seem to be prioritising his experience and power in politics over her experience and profesional standing as a lawyer.
My only justification for that is he knows that if he went to Sam or CJ, they'd give him actually practical advice ("just tell her you want to go out, dummy"), and that was very much not what he wanted to hear. So instead, Toby.
Actually, that is a pretty decent justification!
Charlie's face when Sam presents that one to him is priceless.
Ooh, can you imagine Charlie's face if Josh had gone to him instead of Toby, though?