Presidentiality and Televisual Mimesis, or, How McNulty kicks Bartlett’s Butt Anytime, Anywhere!
Note: This post has been in my drafts for the last 4 or so months, it’s unlikely I’m ever going to get it finished so with a little bit of tidying up I’m posting it as is. I have recently finished reading Trevor and Shawn Parry-Giles’ The Prime-time Presidency which is an analysis of the political relevance of the Jed Bartlett’s (pictured left) first term presidency in the television show the West Wing (TWW). In this post I want to briefly reflect on this in comparison with what has usurped TW
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Presidentiality and Televisual Mimesis, or, How McNulty kicks Bartlett’s Butt Anytime, Anywhere!
