Auros ([info]auros) wrote,
@ 2008-02-27 15:43:00
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Current mood: amused

Life imitates art...
Y'know, it's been long enough since West Wing that it hadn't occurred to me to make this comparison. But apparently Matt Santos was modeled on Obama, and some of his speeches actually contain input from Obama's writer, David Axelrod.

Here's hoping life continues to imitate art. After all, Santos won...


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[info]bostorus
2008-02-28 02:17 am UTC (link)
You know, when I saw that this morning, I recalled seeing an interview at the time with the writers that made me pause to think. They said that they thought the Republican -- Vinick, played by Alan Alda -- would have won, and they mentioned that the original ending had him winning. However, after John Spencer (who played Santos's running mate) died, and they had to kill off his character, they changed the ending, because they felt it was unfair to Santos to have him lose the election as well as his running mate.

So, here's hoping life imitates art, but not too much.

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