The millisecond the new HBO comedy “Veep” was announced conservatives figured it would be yet another slam against Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin.
After all, Tina Fey’s impersonation of the former Vice Presidential candidate helped derail the McCain/Palin ticket, and celebrities love nothing more than slamming the hockey mom of five.
“Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus promises viewers won’t hear any new Palin cracks when the comedy, which focuses on a senator turned overwhelmed vice president, debuts next year. The “Seinfeld” alum tells Capitol File magazine via Politico the new series will be so fair and balanced we won’t even know which party her character calls her own:
“There’s talk of the opposition and that party and this party, but it is never identified. So this is not a partisan politics show in any way. What it is, though, is a show about political behavior. And that is where the comedy comes from.”
She added, “This is in no way a parody of [Sarah Palin] or any other female politician.”
Interesting if true, but celebrities will often promote their ideological projects by pretending there’s not so much as a pairing knife to grind. We’ll see how accurate Louis-Dreyfus is when the first few “Veep” episodes hit HBO in 2012.
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