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In the Trump era, that approach has gotten more potent than ever.
Where she once loved the law, she now embraces opportunity.
Do the laws hold, and if they dont hold, what do you do?
Robert King said of Dianes mind-set.
I dont think we approve of that.
Theres an element of tragedy buried under a lot of comedy.
The story has everything: Its salacious, its surreal, its got a heck of a MacGuffin.
Its also hard to depict without getting in trouble for claiming that the pee tape really is real.
How it got on the show:We wanted it to be nuanced, Michelle said.
She claims he pressured her into sex; he believes it was mutual.
To be in areas where folks arent recognizing that their behavior is wrong is far more interesting to us.
It got into hairstyles, Michelle added.
Youre just creating circumstances with each president where you could start with the premise of impeachment, Robert said.
What we really wanted her to do was come as a Machiavellian.
In turn, she watches a series of cable news stories that teeter between reality and hallucination.
How it got on the show:Dianes exhaustion mirrors the Kings own frustrations with the news.
Occasionally,The Good Fights stories seemedprescient, though most veered into the extreme.
When theres a typo, for example, everybody reacts to it, Robert said.
Everyone resorts to knee-jerk reactions and the situation spirals out of control.
That, I could see happening, Robert said.
Hes a wonderful artist, so that was the thing that brought us to that plot point.
OnceFox & Friendspicks up the story, its all but certain his job is gone.
With this scandal in these administrations, they tend toward pornographic issues, said Robert.
Weve been followingthe Facebook stuffreligiously.
That hopefully subverts expectations as well.
Purity is now more important than debate.
And that interests us.
We cant find a way to get it to work, but it interests us.
