Quotes by Christopher Sharrett

“Can the female juggle the family and the job at the same time? The male president can do the job because the woman is watching things domestically, but can she balance a job like this and the family? Why does she have to have the onus of having to take care of the family and the country too? Or maybe the theme will be that the family is the country.”

“The vast majority of these characters are portrayed as stolid, stalwart men who face various crises with a great deal of fortitude and courage. I think that will play a role: Can the woman do it, or is she compensating for some kind of emotional or sexual drive?”

“You see this trend a lot in the film industry, where talented young directors are discovered by the industry, which then puts a bunch of money in their hands and they end up making a lot of junk — basically a bunch of eye candy that ends up looking like a really good video game on the screen.”

“As the films hidden, sympathetic hero who proves to be victimized by businessmen pillaging the Third World for their own gain, who is eventually victimized by a bunch of bullies and out-classed by so-called civilization, King Kong has held on with Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf-Man. But some people will end up profoundly unhappy — and some will just shrug their shoulders and say, Well, that was an interesting three hours.”

“In Martin Sheen, you have a president who is a regular guy, who can sit down with you and have a drink, ... I think the show will carry some of the influence of The West Wing, or try to rebut it — insisting the female can make it.”

“A large part of the shows selling point is: Is she ready? Can she do it? ... Its time; there are people like Hillary Clinton and others making this necessary. It seems thats the hook for the show, its a tried and true concept — trying to prove that shes as tough as anybody with a stern look on her face.”

“In Martin Sheen, you have a president who is a regular guy, who can sit down with you and have a drink. I think the show will carry some of the influence of The West Wing, or try to rebut it — insisting the female can make it.”

“A large part of the shows selling point is: Is she ready? Can she do it? Its time; there are people like Hillary Clinton and others making this necessary. It seems thats the hook for the show, its a tried and true concept — trying to prove that shes as tough as anybody with a stern look on her face.”

“It rarely works. The only time it genuinely works is if the actor has some musical ability and orientation.”

“People tend to dance much more easily than they can sing or play the piano. Its not hard to teach a person to do a good jitterbug. But its hard to get them to sound like Sinatra.”