How Veep became the most influential political satire of this era
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The Julia Louis Dreyfus-led HBO comedy has provided us with a treasure trove of clips, memes and storylines as reality starts to mirror fictionEven before the news broke this past Sunday that Joe Biden would end his presidential run in the face of a disastrous debate last month and sinking poll numbers and endorse the vice-president, Kamala Harris, to take his place, the memes had already been circulating.Fictional vice-president Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), the title character of HBO’s spleen-filled political comedy Veep, enters a room of her closest advisers/lackeys and announces, with bated breath and to an outburst of applause: “I’m not leaving. Potus is leaving. He’s not going to run for a second term. I’m gonna run. I’m gonna run for president!” Continue reading...
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