This country needs less of “The West Wing” and more “Yes Prime Minister.”
@EricKleefeld I dunno. Love "Yes Prime Minister" but show is neo-con lite (in the Nathan Glazer mode): i.e. domestic reform is impossible.
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@HeerJeet Keep in mind, Yes Prime Minister had an actual entrenched socialist state to parody. Thus, it's the last good conservative comedy. -
@EricKleefeld British conservative artists have a witty high Tory sensibility that their American counterparts are usually bereft of. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Also, recent stage revival had some VERY critical things to say about America on torture and religious politics. -
@EricKleefeld Even in Yes Minister there is lefty foreign policy element (Hacker opposes nuclear weapons if I remember correctly).
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