"No recent president has excited Hollywood quite so much as Obama (“He’s hip, he’s young, he’s not square!” Louis-Dreyfus says). But having President No Drama is hell on Hollywood, giving the creative community little dramatic or comedic material to work with.
There are no new wars, no major scandals, no glaring personal flaws, no marriage on the rocks — just the depressing din of partisan warfare and unsatisfying compromise. Obama, the most catalytic public figure since Reagan, is, like the inscrutable Gipper, a screenwriter’s nightmare. He’s hermetic. He watches a lot of ESPN, shoots hoops, plays golf. Loves, loves, loves Apple products. He eats dinner with his family almost every night and has been known, his friends say, to urge Air Force One pilots to step on the gas to keep Michelle and the girls from waiting.
“Obama is not an extreme personality, even though what he represents is this transformative, post-racial, larger-than-life figure,” said Eli Attie, chief White House speechwriter for Al Gore who jumped ship to work with Sorkin on “The West Wing,” launching a wide-ranging Hollywood career that has included a long run on “House.”
“He’s very buttoned-down; he’s a very private guy. Clinton revealed a lot about himself — he had AstroTurf in the back of his pickup. It’s why people felt so bonded to him. Flaws and foibles make people more lovable and likable. If all you see is the careful public persona, it’s hard to know him. … Obviously, there’s something that’s being protected.”
No recent president has excited Hollywood quite so much as Obama (“He’s hip, he’s young, he’s not square!” Louis-Dreyfus says). But having President No Drama is hell on Hollywood, giving the creative community little dramatic or comedic material to work with. There are no new wars, no major scandals, no glaring personal flaws, no marriage on the rocks — just the depressing din of partisan warfare and unsatisfying compromise. Obama, the most catalytic public figure since Reagan, is, like the inscrutable Gipper, a screenwriter’s nightmare. He’s hermetic. He watches a lot of ESPN, shoots hoops, plays golf. Loves, loves, loves Apple products. He eats dinner with his family almost every night and has been known, his friends say, to urge Air Force One pilots to step on the gas to keep Michelle and the girls from waiting. “Obama is not an extreme personality, even though what he represents is this transformative, post-racial, larger-than-life figure,” said Eli Attie, chief White House speechwriter for Al Gore who jumped ship to work with Sorkin on “The West Wing,” launching a wide-ranging Hollywood career that has included a long run on “House.” “He’s very buttoned-down; he’s a very private guy. Clinton revealed a lot about himself — he had AstroTurf in the back of his pickup. It’s why people felt so bonded to him. Flaws and foibles make people more lovable and likable. If all you see is the careful public persona, it’s hard to know him. … Obviously, there’s something that’s being protected.”
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