West Wing Playbook caught up with Wood ahead of Saturday’s gala to talk about dinners past and present.
How does the comedy world view getting asked to speak at the Correspondents’ Dinner?
You’re being asked to put together a set to entertain the most powerful people in the country. Half the room hates the other half of the room. And then there’s a third of the room who’s just there to report on the two halves that hate each other. And there’s also people watching at home with totally different comedic barometers.Uh huh. But if you can survive that, it’s a hell of a medal to have on your shoulder.They all came at different times and different political climates in our country.
Same thing with Larry Wilmore and the “N word” thing. People were talking for way longer than they should about a man saying that word. The person he said the word toYou don’t think Washington is good at laughing at itself.I think the press has a sense of humor, so long as it’s not about their network. Washington has less of a sense of humor because I’m asking them to laugh at people that tomorrow they have to try and pass a law with.
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