Although she is going to be a damn good president and one that we can be proud of," Lurie said.Although the obvious comparison is to the Lurie-directed feature “The Contender,” a closer cousin might be “The Man,” Irving Wallace’s novel-turned-film starring James Earl Jones as (via a more tortured turn of events) the first African-American president. "I guarantee you're going to see some failings. And President Allen feels that, as an independent, "she can't win two years from now" so "she can do whatever she wants, which means what is right for the country." Politics - including issues like the death penalty, stem-cell research and the war on drugs - are a huge part of the show, too. So I think that will eventually become what happens with our show, and what is more interesting is the fact that she's independent." "We'd simply accept her as our president, I hope. "If we had a woman president, by about one year that would stop being the story about her," he said. While Lurie said he wrote the character of Mackenzie Allen for his daughter and all women, he promised "Chief" would be about a president, not just a woman president. And how the White House functions for things like state dinners and "oddly enough, a lot of what takes place in the East Wing and the residence." We're going to deal a lot with" family issues ranging from getting the kids to school to how the president's daughter goes trick-or-treating. Executive producer Rod Lurie called "West Wing" "one of the great shows in the history of network television" but added that "Chief" is "very, very different." While, at first glance, "Chief" might look like a new "West Wing," they're very different shows. Her press secretary (Ever Carradine), who does.Īnd her children, 16-year-old twins (Matt Lanter and Caitlin Wachs) and a 6-year-old daughter (Jasmine Anthony). The former president's chief of staff (Harry Lennix), who doesn't want her to take over. Her husband, Rod (Kyle Secor), who was her chief of staff and is now uncomfortably cast as the "first gentleman." It isn't hard to believe these are real people, including: If the situation doesn't quite ring true, the characters do. It's not giving away anything to let you know that she doesn't resign, she takes over. So when he suffers a brain aneurysm, he tells her to resign so the right-wing speaker of the House (Donald Sutherland) can replace him. He's looking for her help with women voters he's not looking for her to succeed him. "I mean, it sounds like America is ready."īut is Mackenzie Allen? A political independent who served two terms in the House of Representatives before becoming disillusioned, Allen was a university president when the GOP presidential nominee taps her as his veep. "I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman," Davis said. And she's played by Geena Davis on the ABC series "Commander in Chief," which premieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. If you're looking for a politician who's inspired, inspiring, credible and out to do the right thing, not just the popular thing, look no further than the first female president of the United States, Mackenzie Allen. Tired of real-life politics? And who isn't?
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