Palmer Obama?
Ok – this is only really going to make sense of US TV fans. But it is common knowledge that the creators of the risible (ie not a patch on the seminal West Wing) COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF about the first female US President (played by Geena Davis) partly have in mind the desire to ease the path for a second Clinton presidency. Seeing a fictional female president on TV will help people to adjust to a real one.
So i’ve had a slightly mad thought – did the creators of 24 see Barack Obama coming – potentially the first black president? After all, Obama does rhyme with Palmer…
The unfortunate thing for Hillary is that Commander-In-Chief got cancelled after the first season in America! Maybe it was a champagne moment for the creators of 24…
[...] will have read here back in February of my surmise about David Palmer in 24 being a stalking horse for Barack Obama – well as if to prove me right, here is news of a similar note – Cherry Jones (right) is to play [...]
[...] So a woman President was treated as the central point of CiC, highlighted, emphasized, but 24 just accepted an African-American president. See also this related blog on Palmer Obama. [...]
Brandthroposophy » Blog Archive » Barack Obama, David Palmer, and the Hypermediation of the Political Realm said this on Wednesday 16 January 2008 at 18:44 pm (UTC) |
I believe that ‘24′ helped breakdown the color barrier for many of us. Like Barack Obama this year, we got to know David Palmer as a person. The color of his skin was unimportant. He was a man of intergrity, and there was a level of comfort when he spoke. You knew he was the right man for the job.
We can certainly hope that President Obama won’t have to make some of the earth-shattering decisions that David Palmer did. However, this country needed an historic change in leadership, and I believe skin color had very little to do with it.