今天看到這個－時間點上舊新聞，本集的法庭戲引來FOX News某談話節目質疑製作
組蓄意污衊前阿拉斯加州長、最近鋒頭極健的莎拉。培林(Sarah Palin)，被指控
包含:1)支持茶黨運動的腳色設定姓名(Kurt 'McVeigh')是要讓培林與奧克拉荷馬
聯邦大樓爆炸案主嫌Timothy McVeugh連結，2)法庭戲內將茶黨運動與種族歧視進
行了不實連結。
代表劇組回應的執行製作與共同創造人Robert King反駁這兩項指控，強調由Gary
Coleg飾演的此角色是要讓諷刺對保守派有先入為主偏見的主角Diane，King在受
訪時也稱Kurt McVeugh擁有一個保守主義者的正面特質。
Did 'The Good Wife' Cross Line by Naming Sarah Palin-Supporting Character
'McVeigh'?
By Hollie McKay
Published February 25, 2011 | FoxNews.com
The CBS drama “The Good Wife” has raised a few eyebrows by naming Gary Cole
’s character, a ballistics expert, Tea Party member, and Sarah Palin
supporter, “Kurt McVeigh,” a not so subtle comparison to Timothy McVeigh,
the man behind the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings.
So was the writing an attempt to discredit the former Republican Vice
Presidential candidate by drawing links to Timothy McVeigh, or was it a
simple artistic decision?
"Calling a character 'Kurt McVeigh' conjures up unmistakable images of mass
murdering terrorist Timothy McVeigh. Hollywood screenwriters don't live in a
cultural vacuum; they help to create American culture,” Matthew Vadum,
senior editor at the Capital Research Center in Washington D.C told FOX411’s
Pop Tarts. “They had to have known that making the character a conservative
with a fondness for Sarah Palin was a clever way to take a jab at the former
Alaska governor."
But the show’s executive producer/co-creator, Robert King, said the naming
of Cole’s character was not intended to portray Republicans or Tea Party
members in a negative light.
“The Kurt McVeigh character was introduced mid-season our first year, and at
that time, he was given a name that was intended to play into the
anti-conservative prejudices of the more liberal partner, Diane," King told
Pop Tarts. "So no red flags were raised because the point was to satirize
Diane's prejudice against his name. The point of the McVeigh character was
that he was the most truthful and forthright character on the show, and yet
he just happened to be a strong conservative."
“Diane and McVeigh end up falling in love with each other despite their
political differences," King said. "So just to be clear, anyone who has seen
the show will know that McVeigh is a remarkably positive character, and that
Diane's initial bias against both his politics and his name is quickly
demolished in the face of the person himself.”
But some critics aren’t buying King’s explanation. Hollywood publicist
Angie Meyer said the character's name highlights a double standard that
exists within the mainstream media.
"Democrats were up in arms just months ago when Tea Party protesters morphed
Obama's image with Hitler on rally signs, yet we're hearing birds chirp when
a Palin-like character on primetime TV is parodied into a homeland terrorist?
The double standard astounds me,” Meyer said. “If Hollywood wants to play
with politics, and create a character using the same surname as an abhorrent
terrorist – then CBS has just slapped the face of each one of the Oklahoma
City victims, and their loved ones."
Not everyone thinks CBS was out of line, however.
“Timothy McVeigh does happen to have some key beliefs in common with the Tea
Party,” entertainment commentator Jenn Hoffman said. “Any way mainstream
media can mock and expose those kooks who call themselves Tea Partiers is
good for America. Good for CBS.”
This isn’t the first time “The Good Wife” has taken a sarcastic stab at
Palin. An episode that aired in March last year featured the McVeigh
character receiving a gift from a partner of a law firm – a book about Sarah
Palin made up of blank pages in a supposedly humorous attempt to represent “
the mind and thinking of Sarah Palin” in the wake of her real-life
bestseller, “Going Rogue.”
Deidre Behar contributed to this report.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/02/25/
did-cbs-drama-good-wife-cross-line-naming-palin-supporting-character-mcveigh/
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