A few weeks ago I promised to not blog about clients without giving a sufficient heads up. Tonight I’ll go one better, and mention that the subject of this post (other than my own disclosure issues) is a client of the entertainment division at New Media Strategies. Which is why I’ve been asked to tell you about…
“The Hill”! Here’s the shill: It’s a six-part documentary series that starts airing on Sundance at 9 p.m. EDT August 23rd. So if you don’t have digital cable, you can probably skip this post. But I’ve seen the first three half-hour episodes, and it’s pretty good — consider it the rumored “Real World: DC” season MTV that never seems to happen. Especially during the later years where they had to get jobs to keep them from getting drunk and fighting (not that it worked). It follows actual Hill staffers doing actual Hill staffer duties on the actual Hill, and opens against the 2004 presidential election.
There’s less drinking and fighting in “The Hill,” but it does have the next best thing: Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla). If the name rings a bell, and the congresscritter pictured above somehow puts you in the mind of “cocaine” and “prostitutes,” well, there’s a very good reason: He made some news recently for discussing those subjects (jestingly) with Stephen Colbert. Prior to this summer, he was perhaps best known in the District for being the only Democrat to offer a compromise Social Security overhaul, which is depicted in the show. He also supported the invasion of Iraq, so if you’d like to see an actual Dem official scratch his head (perhaps not literally) about what to say now, then this is for you. I’d watch it myself — if I had digital cable.
I have also been asked to relate the fact that tomorrow night at Timberlake’s (1726 Conn. Ave NW) DC Drinking Liberally (local chapter of nationwide lefty blogger drinking club) is hosting a screening. Also present will be the show’s featured characters: Eric Johnson, Lale Mamaux, Halie Soifer and Jonathan Katz, playing themselves as chief of staff, communications director, foreign policy adviser and unspecified strategist guy. Most importantly, appetizers are free and drinks are a dollar off.
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