Early and Often for Rahm on 'The Good Wife'
When a well-known political figure gets mentioned in a TV drama, can it be product placement? How about if that same political figure runs an ad in the same episode of the same TV drama?
CBS’ series “The Good Wife,” suddenly a favorite of critics, often features plots ripped from the headlines. Tuesday (11/16) night’s show featured a Lindsay Lohan-like character facing a drunk driving charge. The show is set in Chicago, where celebrity misbehavior is frowned upon.
Another piece of current events also made it into the script. Early in the episode, Chris Noth, who plays a former state’s attorney brought down in an Eliot Spitzer-like prostitution scandal and his campaign manager (Alan Cumming) express excitement about “Rahm” coming back to town, referring to Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama chief of staff who has announced plans to run for mayor of Chicago.
Later in the episode, one of the first Rahm Emanuel for Mayor commercials aired (I assume this was a local ad airing only in Chicago).
Was it a coincidence? Or was the fix in? That’s why Chicago is my kind of town.
buford commented:
Look over alot of the past shows and movies and they depict everything that is going to change the world. Everything is planned that is a major problem. 911 was in different shows as well as the Gulf Oil Spill. We have caught them now what can we do.
kay2the2nd commented:
Right on, brutony. I watched the first season, but then thought, “Why?” Yeah, I really like Julianna, but not enough to put up with the leftist propaganda that was being shoveled.
Richie Rich commented:
“E/R” (also set in Chicago) had a person carrying a “Barack Obama for President” sign and shouting those same words back in 2004-5 (right around when he was elected Senator in IL)
brutony commented:
Never really liked this show-saw it a few times last year and found not only a left-winged slant, but it had the view of “men bad, women good!” Throughout the episodes it seemed that the women were smarter, figured out the cases, could do it all, and were still “the victims”! Dont need any more liberal garbage to see on TV!