At 10:52 AM 5/11/01 -0700 Jeffrey Miller wrote:
>"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
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>> A thought on the ending to Wednesday's episode of "The West Wing."
>> SPOILER WARNING, don't read if you want to watch it some day - that means
>> *you*, Julia! ;-)
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>I thought it was a stunning piece of storycraft - Mrs Laningham
>strived(strove?) to be "above reproach" and here, at the
>administration's darkest hour when they're about to admit to concealing
>the President's illness, this paragon of virtue and morality is cut
>down...
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>Wow.
Wow - good thinking. I can't believe that I missed that. I've been
caught up in the very obvious fact that the overarching theme of this
wholeseries is a wistful examination of the Clinton Presidency as "what
could have been." Now, of course, Bartlett is faced with his own
"Monica", and instead will choose the opposite path that Clinton did.
>oh yeah.. and once again, GREAT acting by... uh.. that guy who plays Leo
>(who also did voice work in the Transformers movie) - 45-60 seconds
>of... shock, mourning, loss... wow
Did he do the TV shows too? Do you recall which character?
I agree, though, the final two minutes of the show featured great direction
and great acting.
JDG
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