The American Presidency and the 25th Amendment in Contemporary TV Series: Fiction, Reality, and the Warped Mirrors of the Post-9/11 Zeitgeist

This article analyzes how recent TV series (1999-2010) have staged the American Presidency in a form of “revolving door” between fiction and reality, and how all stage a crisis allowing a vice-president to become president. While highlighting the contrasts in representations staged by series as dive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monica Michlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Groupe de Recherche Identités et Cultures 2012-05-01
Series:TV Series
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/1095