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In a great display of irony, Wendy Davis, who bombed in her bid for governor of Texas has become the topic of a new “dramedy”<\/a> in development by NBC.<\/p>\n

As Live Action News reported:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Davis herself will executive produce the combination drama-comedy alongside Jennifer Cecil, the as-yet-untitled show\u2019s writer. It will reportedly follow \u201ca female Democratic senator who, after losing the Texas governor\u2019s race, gets\u00a0her world turned upside down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the vein of The\u00a0Good Wife<\/em>,\u201d Deadline\u2019s report continues, \u201cwhile she pieces her pride back together, she goes to work in the law firm of her best friend \u2014 a black male Republican \u2014 and discovers that with no political future to protect, she can unshackle her inner badass.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This lead\u00a0Jim Geraghty of National Review to say,<\/a> \u201cAn NBC drama about Wendy Davis? That show will be lucky if it lasts a trimester.\u201d
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\nGeraghty’s comment is humorous at first glance, but it highlights the tragedy behind this comedy. Davis’s claim-to-fame is fighting for the right to dismember and kill babies–all the way up until they are born. This is hardly an inspiration for a fun series on a major network, though it might be an inspiration\u00a0 for a horror series in which Davis has the lead as the villain.<\/p>\n

It’s a disheartening commentary on the societal culture of death that a woman who rose to attention because her greatest passion as a Texas senator was letting babies be murdered, could then parlay her infamy into network television with a self-glorifying series.<\/p>\n

If NBC is desperate for a hit show, it’s barking up the wrong tree. Despite what abortion advocates would have people think about the nobility of Davis as a crusader for women, the fact is, she is anti-woman. She has done nothing worth celebrating as she argues for death. Her campaign for governor was a failure because she’s not a leader. She’s risen on a single issue that does not represent the national heartbeat. It does, however, represent the lack of heartbeat\u00a0– unsurprising since Davis is in support of\u00a0stopping beating hearts.<\/p>\n

This series probably won’t have a very active heartbeat either. There is no entertainment in a biographical series where all the associations with the show are connected to death.<\/p>\n

It’s a recipe for a ratings plummet, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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