Perhaps its because the powerful female lead is African American and people are just not used to seeing a competent power broker being a person of color. Kerry Washington is spot on as the driven "fixer" in Scandal. Shonda Rhimes has spun another gorgeous tale without color casting and letting the actors be whomever does the best job rather than a vehicle for whoever is "hottest" right now.
To the story. I wasn't planning on watching Scandal, but it kept popping up on Hulu so I thought I would give it a shot. From the very beginning the show caught my attention because the drama of the inner workings of the White House and the lengths by which people will go to protect their reputation was just interesting. I imagined that the stories that leak out in the press are, to some extent fabricated, but to pull the curtains back and see the wheeling and dealing at work it a ton of fun. Enter Olivia Pope, confident, driven, assured and yet vulnerable and to be pitied on intimate level. All her crew are broken in some way shape or form, but they function together to get the job done. "Gladiators in suits," is what they consider themselves to be.
I didn't go into the show making up reasons to like it. The shows stories held my attention and I like them, in much the same way I like Grey's Anatomy, another Rhimes creation. I am really enjoying Columbus Short, an actor with lots of talent a few opportunties to shine. I hope the show does well for him. Kerry Washington wouldn't have been my first choice, but she's won me over. I hardly recognized Guillermo Díaz, because he looks so different than from his other films. But I see potential for his role as the mysterious CIA hacker.
I can't wait to see what is going to happen throughout the season and I hope the show gets picked up. It is really that good. I can understand that the show is a shock to the system because Kerry Washington isn't your typical blonde or brunette power female and the ideal of her ***spoiler*** having a relationship with the President of the US would seem absurd to someone who's mind is conditioned to see beauty in the typical European way, but I think the show works because it is so unexpected.
To the story. I wasn't planning on watching Scandal, but it kept popping up on Hulu so I thought I would give it a shot. From the very beginning the show caught my attention because the drama of the inner workings of the White House and the lengths by which people will go to protect their reputation was just interesting. I imagined that the stories that leak out in the press are, to some extent fabricated, but to pull the curtains back and see the wheeling and dealing at work it a ton of fun. Enter Olivia Pope, confident, driven, assured and yet vulnerable and to be pitied on intimate level. All her crew are broken in some way shape or form, but they function together to get the job done. "Gladiators in suits," is what they consider themselves to be.
I didn't go into the show making up reasons to like it. The shows stories held my attention and I like them, in much the same way I like Grey's Anatomy, another Rhimes creation. I am really enjoying Columbus Short, an actor with lots of talent a few opportunties to shine. I hope the show does well for him. Kerry Washington wouldn't have been my first choice, but she's won me over. I hardly recognized Guillermo Díaz, because he looks so different than from his other films. But I see potential for his role as the mysterious CIA hacker.
I can't wait to see what is going to happen throughout the season and I hope the show gets picked up. It is really that good. I can understand that the show is a shock to the system because Kerry Washington isn't your typical blonde or brunette power female and the ideal of her ***spoiler*** having a relationship with the President of the US would seem absurd to someone who's mind is conditioned to see beauty in the typical European way, but I think the show works because it is so unexpected.