West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama (Television and Popular Culture) - Softcover

"From The American President to The West Wing, A Scriptwriter's Perspective" "The Feel Good Presidency: The Pseudo Politics of The West Wing" "The Sincere Sorkin White House; or. It's All in the Timing; or, The Importance of Earnest Timing?" "The West Wing: White House Narratives That Journalism Cannot Tell, " "The West Wing's Textual President: American Constitutional Stability and the New Public Intellectual in the Age of Information, " "The Sincere Sorkin White House; or, It's All in the Timing; or, The Importance of Earnest Timing?, " "The Feel-Good Presidency: The Pseudo Politics of The West Wing, " "The White House Culture of Gender and Race in The West Wing: Insights from the Margins, " "The King's Two Bodies: Identity and Office in Sorkin's The West Wing, " "The Left Takes Back the Flag: The Steadicam, the Snippet, and the Song in The West Wing's 'In Excelsis Deo', " "From The American President to The West Wing: A Scriptwriter's Perspective, " "The West Wing as a Pedagogical Tool: Using Drama to Examine American Politics and Media Perceptions of Our Political System, " "The Liberal Imagination: The West Wing Is the Ultimate Hollywood Fantasy--The Clinton White House Without Clinton, "

This collection of essays translates visual language into on-screen politics. While the series ""The West Wing"" may be criticized as ""idealistic"", its clever techniques of camera work, lighting, editing, and mise en scene reflect America's best image of itself, and entertains a loyal audience that wants to believe in the nobility of the American Dream. It introduces readers to the sensibilities to appreciate the show's nuances and the necessary knowledge to avoid any misreadings.