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  Say What, Sorkin?

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  Todd Sodano St. John Fisher College

  June 27, 2011

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  uttering, “I’m sorry?” “Hmmm?” “Excuse me?” “What?” – so the audience can hear again an important piece of ... “Explain it to me like I’m a four-year-old …” or “Are you trying to tell me that …”); four, he draws ...
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  President Bartlet's Bully Pulpit

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  Richard Newton Claremont Graduate University

  June 28, 2011

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  President Bartlet's Bully Pulpit twitter The West Wing television Sorkin religion politics fan fiction bible Bartlet America Aaron Sorkin Curator's Note In Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing, Josiah Bartlet holds the office of President of the United ...
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  From Bartlet to Knope: Politics and instructional television

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  Rossend Sanchez-Baro Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  August 20, 2012

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  From Bartlet to Knope: Politics and instructional television The West Wing Politics as Entertainment Leslie Knope Jed Bartlet instructional TV Curator's Note The West Wing seems to be a unique example in recent American television. Despite its long t ...