"Commander in Chief" Creator Says Goal was to Pave the Way for Female President

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"Commander in Chief" Creator Says Goal Was to Pave Way for Female President: "Without a F---ing Doubt"
by Raechal Shewfelt
October 22, 2024


Watching "Commander in Chief" star Geena Davis, as President Mackenzie Allen, helped the country prepare for a moment when a woman steps into the job, Commander in Chief creator Rod Lurie told The Hollywood Reporter.

"Without a f---ing doubt," he said.




Lurie said in a remembrance of the series published Tuesday — two weeks before an election in which a woman is running for president — that he had a serious message for the executive in charge of the ABC show:

"If we all do our jobs… We're going to change the world. Because what we're going to do is get the whole world to become comfortable with the term Madam President."

Davis wanted the same and hoped "that seeing a woman president onscreen would normalize the idea for people."




The run of the series was cut short in part by behind-the-scenes problems that led to Lurie's firing.

"I always think about how much further impact the show would have had if I'd had a longer ‘administration," Davis, who was nominated for an Emmy for her work, lamented.

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