Will Life imitate Art?
Pat and I agreed yesterday that the "West Wing" episode that aired on Wednesday was particularly good. The thing that impressed me, or got to me, was not the usual trapping that makes the show the only one I watch on a regular basis -- writing, acting, etc. While I most emphatically disagree with many of the stated policy of the Democratic White House depicted in the series, there is a quality of charisma in Martin Sheen's president that could make one admire him even if one were to disagree with the direction he is taking -- that was to a large degree how I felt about Clinton.
It appears that many good gangster movies inspired the gangsters themselves. Mafiosi would meet with the actors who depicted them in movies and would ask them questions about where they got their clothes, check out how they wore their hats, tied their ties, matched shirts to socks, etc. Then the Mafiosi would promptly order the same clothes, etc. Not to equate the two situations, but I am really curious whether over the last 4 years (or however long the show has been running), denizens of the West Wing have been imitating their silver screen simulacra. In this particular case, it would not be such a bad thing.
3:33:28 PM 
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