Some years ago I had a ood Assemblymember representing me in Albany. At least he epresented my point of view aboit 95% of the time. He got caught up in a
sex scandal and managed to survive it for two more election cycles.
Watching Knife Fight I thought of him immdiately and it occured to me we lose a
lot of good people who get caught up in these things. A lot of good people also never go into public service because they don't want their lives under a
microscope. How many of us could withstand the scrutiny?
Rob Lowe and Richard Schiff veterans of West Wing star n tis political drama
about a pair of political operators. Lowe has some idealim, but does what he has to for his candidates. Schiff prefers the low road in any event.
The film is scene through the eyes of their new employee Jamie Chung and by the end of the film she has learned her lessons well.
Their three candidates rnning for statewde office Lowe's firm is managing and
all have crises of a sort. Eric McCormack the governor of Kentucky who is a Bill
Clinton like figure whose libido may get the best of him. David Harbour a
Senator from Massachusetts who made one indiscretion that could cost hi his career. Finally my favorite from nife Fight, Carrie Anne Moss an idealistic doctor who runs a medical clinic who wants to be governor of California and
for all the right reasons.
Moss is my favorite from the film, but it is a well cast and directed piece ofwork. And one of te most realisti political films out there.
