After the 2016 election there was a panel discussion; all the creators of the top TV political dramas were invited. House of Cards; the West Wing; Veep; Scandal and others. Every writer and producer said the same thing. If they’d had a character on a show say that they ‘liked soldiers who didn’t get captured’ the networks and advertisers would have demanded that character be kicked out of office/defeated resoundingly by the next episode.
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After the 2016 election there was a panel discussion; all the creators of the top TV political dramas were invited. House of Cards; the West Wing; Veep; Scandal and others. Every writer and producer said the same thing. If they’d had a character on a show say that they ‘liked soldiers who didn’t get captured’ the networks and advertisers would have demanded that character be kicked out of office/defeated resoundingly by the next episode.