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[ivyfic]

I am watching the season seven episode of The West Wing that is just...a presidential debate. The entire episode. I mean, I kind of admire them for doing an episode just in this format, but. It's kind of as boring as a presidential debate? I just have actors having the exact same argument politicians have and...why is this an episode. Can't I get the highlights?

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[newredshoes]

Oh, is that the episode they aired live? That might be what's missing.

[ivyfic]

Looking at wikipedia, yes it is. Which would explain why Alan Alda trips up sometimes. I mean, I admire what they're doing from a structural standpoint, and of course they've written it as more lively and engaging than an actual debate, and with none of the rage-inducing comments, but. It's still a presidential debate. What they're saying is really not that different from what actual politicians say. Which, woo verisimilitude I guess. But it makes it a rather boring hour of television.