Chicago Magazine: In Selina Fillinger’s White House farce POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, the bumbling president remains unseen. The playwright instead gives the spotlight to a coterie of female enablers, ranging from his first lady and the chief of staff to an amiable young mistress, as they labor to prop up the big guy. The women’s methods and motivations may vary, but ultimately they all debase themselves in different manners to keep the country’s father figure from flaming out. Which invites the question: Why does that guy get to be president, when they’re doing all the work?
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