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Can Kamala Hold On? With Veep EP Frank Rich

2024/7/26
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Ben Smith
前《纽约时报》媒体专栏作家，现任Semafor联合创始人与编辑总监，推动在线新闻创新和透明报道。
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Frank Rich
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Max Tani
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Naeem Araza
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Ben Smith 和 Naeem Araza：讨论了卡玛拉·哈里斯的形象从尴尬到酷炫的转变，以及这种转变能否持续，媒体对此的解读，以及事实与虚构的对比。他们认为，卡玛拉·哈里斯善于利用网络文化，并能有效应对负面评价，但能否持续保持这种势头取决于她能否将网络形象转化为真实的政治能力，以及能否在保持"Brat"形象的同时有效回应严肃的政治问题。 Frank Rich：将最近一个月的总统竞选活动比作一部疯狂的戏剧，认为卡玛拉·哈里斯的崛起是本届竞选活动中最出人意料的事件之一。他分析了电视剧《副总统》对卡玛拉·哈里斯评价的转变，认为这可能与年轻一代的文化认知有关，也可能与两位年老候选人的存在形成对比有关。他还探讨了女性在政治中的次要地位以及其行为更容易被讽刺的原因，并认为电视剧《副总统》并非以卡玛拉·哈里斯为原型创作。他认为拜登辞职是基于政治现实的理性选择，而卡玛拉·哈里斯能否持续保持其当前的政治势头尚不确定。

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The podcast opens with a discussion on Kamala Harris's recent surge in popularity and the media's role in her image transformation.

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In the flurry of the brat phenomenon, Nayeema and Ben debate whether Kamala Harris can surf memes all the way to election day and how “childless cat lady” is only expanding the K-hive. They bring on Frank Rich), the executive producer of the hit shows Veep and Succession, to get his notes on an election month that’s stranger than fiction, and ask whether an idealist show like The West Wing could be made today.

Finally, Max Tani joins for Blindspots to discuss RFK’s phone-free farming program) for the Lexapro-addled, Adderall-popping American populace — plus: why Americans are hiding their spending habits) from loved ones.

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