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Olivia Pope
Olivia Carolyn Pope is a fictional character portrayed by Kerry Washington, created by Shonda Rhimes and partially based on Judy Smith for the political drama television series Scandal. Pope is a Washington, D.C.-based crisis manager who runs her own firm, Pope & Associates, that specializes in political situations. The character has become a widely-watched fashion and style trendsetter.
Pope is a loose depiction of Judy Smith, who served as George H. W. Bush's Deputy Press Secretary and represented Monica Lewinsky during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. On Scandal, she is a revered fixer who helped fictional United States President Fitzgerald Grant (played by Tony Goldwyn) win office. The fictional Pope is a former lawyer and White House aide. Pope "thinks fast and effectively". Her delivery is through what The New York Times 's Alessandra Stanley describes as admonitory, staccato sentences. Among her secrets is her liaison with President Grant. Her employees have law degrees, but do not serve as lawyers. Instead, they are "gladiators in suits" who mollify or avert a wide array of crises.
The role is regarded as groundbreaking. According to Felicia Lee of The New York Times, Pope is the only dramatic main protagonist role played by an African-American woman on American network television since 1974, when Teresa Graves starred as Christie Love in Get Christie Love! for one season. Among her prominent comedic predecessors, Diahann Carroll played the title role in Julia from 1968 to 1971. Pope is regarded as a post-racial character, yet possibly the most complex black female lead in television history. Although the show does not touch upon race that often, regarding her much publicized affair with Grant, Pope once said "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson about all this." Pope has given Washington a role as a standard bearer for middle-class and upper middle-class, educated black women.
Among women of all races, Washington's Pope is in the stark minority as a female main protagonist of a television series who are "emotionally strong, professionally powerful, and personally complicated". Her leadership of a hodge podge crew is compared to that of Brenda Leigh Johnson of The Closer. Pope's "intensity" infuses her team with a "sense of urgency" that gives the show its pace. Her strong, professional but feminine leadership style is accentuated by her fashion.
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Pope is a loose depiction of Judy Smith, who served as George H. W. Bush's Deputy Press Secretary and represented Monica Lewinsky during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. On Scandal, she is a revered fixer who helped fictional United States President Fitzgerald Grant (played by Tony Goldwyn) win office. The fictional Pope is a former lawyer and White House aide. Pope "thinks fast and effectively". Her delivery is through what The New York Times 's Alessandra Stanley describes as admonitory, staccato sentences. Among her secrets is her liaison with President Grant. Her employees have law degrees, but do not serve as lawyers. Instead, they are "gladiators in suits" who mollify or avert a wide array of crises.
The role is regarded as groundbreaking. According to Felicia Lee of The New York Times, Pope is the only dramatic main protagonist role played by an African-American woman on American network television since 1974, when Teresa Graves starred as Christie Love in Get Christie Love! for one season. Among her prominent comedic predecessors, Diahann Carroll played the title role in Julia from 1968 to 1971. Pope is regarded as a post-racial character, yet possibly the most complex black female lead in television history. Although the show does not touch upon race that often, regarding her much publicized affair with Grant, Pope once said "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson about all this." Pope has given Washington a role as a standard bearer for middle-class and upper middle-class, educated black women.
Among women of all races, Washington's Pope is in the stark minority as a female main protagonist of a television series who are "emotionally strong, professionally powerful, and personally complicated". Her leadership of a hodge podge crew is compared to that of Brenda Leigh Johnson of The Closer. Pope's "intensity" infuses her team with a "sense of urgency" that gives the show its pace. Her strong, professional but feminine leadership style is accentuated by her fashion.
Links:
Wikipedia
Scandal Wiki
Copyright Owner/Official Site
ABC
Record:
W:
L: