Deadline reports that after the statement of the acting president of the United States, indicating his deputy as a candidate in the November elections, interest in the series “Figurantka” (original title “Veep”) jumped by as much as 353 percent. On Sunday (before the statement), the production was watched in the US for less than 490 thousand minutes, and on Monday this number increased to 2.2 million. In Poland, the series is available on the Max service.
A great comedy series about the US vice president
“The Figurehead” is a comedy series that corresponds with reality today like never before. The action of the HBO production takes place in the highest circles of power in Washington and shows the backstage of the process of governing the country. The main character is the vice president of the United States, who dreams of taking her boss’s place one day. Julia Louis-Dreyfus won six Emmy Awards for her role as Selina Meyer. The entire production has 17 of these statuettes. “The Figurehead” was created in 2012-2019, so the creators “caught” Donald Trump’s first term.
During talks at the SXSW conference in 2017, the creators said that their very comedic and – it would seem – very exaggerated script was often very close to life. – We once had a meeting with employees of the Washington administration – said the actors playing in the series. – The funniest thing was that each of them was convinced that one of the characters in the series was based on him. Of course, it had nothing to do with the truth, but we just nodded – these are not people you want to argue with. It was actually quite scary how many of them happily found themselves in characters that we considered the most vile, evil, wicked – they revealed.
Politicians tried to inspire screenwriters. “They are usually the worst ideas in the world”
The creators of “The Figurehead” also said that Washington administration employees often tried to “inspire” them by sending jokes and ideas for individual scenes. “They are usually the worst ideas in the world,” noted David Mandel.
Now, one of the creators of the production, Armando Iannucci, has indicated on social media that the plot was completely made up by them, although during SXSW Louis-Dreyfus admitted that from the very beginning of the series “we are in some sense basing ourselves on facts, sometimes from the more recent, sometimes – from the very distant history”. Iannucci, referring to the sudden re-popularity of “The Figurehead”, encouraged people to vote in the elections in a post posted on X.
That’s good to hear. Keep watching. And more importantly, register to vote. What happens in the real world is much more important.
Source: Gazeta
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