“I
don't drink alcohol from that portion of the color spectrum.”—Ron Swanson (played by Nick Offerman), on blueberry
wine, in Parks And Recreation, Season
6, Episode 19, “Flu Season 2,” air
date April 10, 2014, teleplay by Dave King and Megan Amram, directed by Nick
Offerman
After
seven years, Parks and Recreation aired
its series finale last night. It might have been a bit hard for the
Democratic-leaning Amy Poehler to contemplate, but, as this Daily Beast post from Asawin Suebsaeng noted, it was a subsidiary character, Ron Swanson. who
became a libertarian hero of sorts. Credit to Ms. Poehler and her show’s
scriptwriters for making him comic but not a caricature. (Not that I agree with
his brand of politics, but it’s good to see more than one political point of
view get an airing on television.)
Johnny-come-lately
as I am, at some point, I’ll have to find a channel where the series goes into
syndication so I can catch the episodes that I missed.
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