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The yet-unnamed series follows several lobbyists that each try to influence government policy in a western democracy according to their (or their bosses) agenda. The lead characters range from activist lawyer to clergyman to well-paid mercenary.
The series is dedicated to a major Issue (e.g. death
penalty) which is to be decided by parliament. Spin-offs could reach out to local issues.
Wikipedia: Lobbyist, Korean TV series
http://en.wikipedia...el_(2007_TV_series)
[jutta, Dec 12 2008]
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This surely has been well baked. Absolute Power being a humourous example. |
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Come and see the corruption that's inherent in the system? |
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I like this. But I would like this better if it steered away from hot-button issue obviousness and into complex plot and counterplot as each lobby group engages in an ultimately internecine multi-aggressor war, each pushing for or against whatever doctrine is for them most lucrative, all the while scoping paranoid the moves of their enemies, alliances formed and broken as oft and quickly as amino chains, truces and pacts made sotto voce in striplit governmental corridors, freshfaced graduates shading grizzled, frayed as they twist and writhe to save themselves from drowning in The Game, while husk-souled veterans whisper sweetly garlanded mistruths into the waxy Ears of Power and dollars, yen, pounds and other marginal, more exotic currencies are wired to accounts protected by expensively-shod Mitteleuropean accountants. Balls to the effects, to the impact, I want to revel in the grimy intriguing. |
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[Calum], you should write the book. |
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[calum], of course it needs to have complex subplots. But financial aspects shouldn't be the only ones, civil rights should matter, too. |
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