This is not minutia, this is a big thing. If you have not had the chance to experience The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard on PBS' Masterpiece Theater, you need to re-think your viewing choices. This show is AMAZING!
It takes place in the UK and is about a woman who becomes Prime Minister and the head of a new political party partly through her shrewd understanding of people and partly as a result of the professionals that attach themselves to her as the next big thing. I really appreciate the fact that although it is about a woman as Prime Minister, it does not take the line (so far anyway) that she is a stooge or a befuddled mother. She is befuddled often, but only as a result of her lack of experience as a politician. Her entire cabinet is made up of women who are all working with their own motivations and the fact that they are women is simply not discussed. I sort of expected the other political parties represented to belittle the government because they were run by women, and it just has not come up.
So watch it and let me know what you think.
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