Writers Can Really Give a Little Extra Spark to a Show

I am always behind on entertainment and after more than ten years, I am finally watching the West Wing. I had never really thought I would like the show much and only started watching it when I friend I trust told me I should. I particularly like the writing for many of the characters.

In the episode I just watched it was season two and once again it was what they refer to as “Big Block of Cheese Day.” A day on which people who would normally never get to meet with high level White House staffers are allowed to discuss their issues with the people who have the President’s ear. This always leads to situations like what happened when the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality talks to C.J. They are there to tell her that the president should support legislation that makes every school use a specific map that will promote Social Equality better and show the true size of each country. This wouldn’t have been as funny to me if it wasn’t for the part where they flip the map of the world upside down. She tries to protest that you can’t just do that, and when asked why not, this usually composed staff member tells them that it’s freaking her out.

It is writing like this that makes me want to just grab a United States map and travel to Hollywood. I would love to be able to see some of these scripts as they are being put together. For me it is not the actors who become my heroes in shows like this, it is the great team of people behind the scenes that give the actors something to bring to life. I would love to be able to meet with some of them and find out where they get their ideas from and how they manage to find all the right words. That is something that really gives a show like this an extra spark.

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Writers Can Really Give a Little Extra Spark to a Show

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