chicagotribune.com: Smart, fleet-footed and firing enough enthusiastic F-bombs to feel true-to-life, Beau Willimon's 2008 behind-the-scenes look at wheeling and dealing on a presidential campaign is savvy enough to understand what audiences want to see. The maneuvering and double-dealing. The battle stories shared over drinks and loosened neckties. Sex with an underage intern.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Stage Left mostly succeeds with tales from the campaign trail
chicagotribune.com: Smart, fleet-footed and firing enough enthusiastic F-bombs to feel true-to-life, Beau Willimon's 2008 behind-the-scenes look at wheeling and dealing on a presidential campaign is savvy enough to understand what audiences want to see. The maneuvering and double-dealing. The battle stories shared over drinks and loosened neckties. Sex with an underage intern.
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Personally I enjoy shows and movies that fall under the wing of political endeavors. I think that a reason that the general public finds these types of shows interesting is because we only get to see one side of the politics, and it usually gets pretty hum drum with people promising things and backstabbing each like kids on a playground. So at least getting to watch the mechanics of the beast gives us some different insight. I like that this show was released right near the time of when the movie is coming out, because it might entice more people to come and see it, very rarely can you compare things that are supposed to be similar story lines in two different mediums.
I think it's cool that this show, and hopefully the movie too, allows you to see behind the scenes of what happens with politicians, and especially presidential campaigns, when so much gets drummed up, but we don't see any of the mechanism behind it really. I think it's nice to see especially out in Chicago, where between Mayor Daley, Governor Blagojevich, and Governor Ryan, are recent political scandals are fairly numerous, it's a good place to put it on. And I even worked right next to Theater Wit during last year, so great to see them putting on a interesting and provocative show. While I'd love to see the show, I'll take refuge in seeing the movie version in a few months when it comes out
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