I've Got an Idea for a Show About the Government, Right?

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The show would not have been made if the obamas had not optioned your book and had ta deal with netflicks, right? Where we could then go. I pitched them, then we went into netflics and said, here's our idea for the show about the government. If it had been me, all by myself, saying, hey, i've got an idea for a show about theGovernment,. Here's what i'd like to do. I don't have michael lewis. The show would never be made. Netflicks would have laughed me out of the room. They would say, fuck you, like, do something about, you know

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