Posted by
Ed Lilly on Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:41:15 PM
I never saw the show a couple of years ago where Geena Davis played the first woman to be President of the United States. My understanding is that the setup was that she was selected to be the running mate by a guy who hated her, but believed he needed her to win. Good luck for him - he wins the presidency! Bad luck for him - he dies! So Geena moves into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
I remember reading posts and articles by commentators at the time that the show was just a Hollywood tribute to Hillary Clinton that was designed to get everyone used to the idea of a woman president for Mrs. Clinton's impending and unstoppable election. Then the show tanked and was canceled, and Mrs. Clinton failed to make it out of her party's presidential primaries. Life imitates art!
But I don't remember anyone, from the political right or left, getting upset with the premise of the show based on Davis's character already having responsibility for her young child, so that she should never have run for the vice presidency, much less accepted elevation to the presidency.
I guess life can only imitate art so far.