The template of a greedy, heartless businessman who wants to buy votes has a long tradition in movies, books, and television.
And with Mitt Romney’s business background a prominent part of his presidential campaign, any pop cultural reference combining business and politics is almost immediately seen as commentary of the presumptive GOP nominee.
Take, for example, last Thursday when Leslie Knope (played by Amy Poehler) — the heroine of the hit NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” — squared off for a fictitious city council debate with a rich, out-of-touch businessman who threatened to ship jobs overseas unless he got his way.
“I want to run this town like a business,” Bobby Newport (played by Paul Rudd), said to the constituents of Pawnee, Indiana. “My opponent, Leslie Knope, has an anti-business agenda.”
When it was Knope’s turn, she shot back: “Corporations are not allowed to dictate what a city needs. The power belongs to the people.”
She then added: “Bobby Newport and his daddy would like you to think it belongs to them.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/christian-heinze/224917-lights-camera-action-romney-may-have-to-fight-hollywoods-take-on-big-business
And with Mitt Romney’s business background a prominent part of his presidential campaign, any pop cultural reference combining business and politics is almost immediately seen as commentary of the presumptive GOP nominee.
Take, for example, last Thursday when Leslie Knope (played by Amy Poehler) — the heroine of the hit NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” — squared off for a fictitious city council debate with a rich, out-of-touch businessman who threatened to ship jobs overseas unless he got his way.
“I want to run this town like a business,” Bobby Newport (played by Paul Rudd), said to the constituents of Pawnee, Indiana. “My opponent, Leslie Knope, has an anti-business agenda.”
When it was Knope’s turn, she shot back: “Corporations are not allowed to dictate what a city needs. The power belongs to the people.”
She then added: “Bobby Newport and his daddy would like you to think it belongs to them.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/christian-heinze/224917-lights-camera-action-romney-may-have-to-fight-hollywoods-take-on-big-business
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