“The West Wing” debuted 20 years ago in the fall of 1999 when Bill Clinton was in office, and the Aaron Sorkin-created political drama ran for seven seasons, through the Bush administration. Lookin…
-created political drama ran for seven seasons, through the Bush administration. Looking back now, Sorkin says the storylines that seemed like a big deal at the time seem “so quaint” in 2019.
Sorkin reminded the room at the Paley Center for Media in Midtown Manhattan that network television didn’t take big swings in the late 1990s, and avoided any topic that could be seen as controversial. “This was a show where we were going to use words like ‘Democrat’ and ‘Republican’ and we were going to talk about ideas, and people were going to feel uncomfortable with some of those ideas.”
“I think, in a democracy, how can it not ultimately be the responsibility of the voters? We’re right to point to all the people we’re pointing at right now in Washington saying, ‘This is so un-American, what’s going on,’ but when are voters going to bear some responsibility? Every four years, there’s this incredible opportunity, because most people don’t have time to do much more than to get through their day and get food on the table and take care of their kids, but every four years, we have...
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