Back after the 2016 election there was a panel discussion with the creators of all the top TV political shows; West Wing, House of Cards, Veep, Scandal, et al.
All the producers said the same thing. If they’d had a character say that they ‘liked soldiers who don’t get captured’ the networks and advertisers would have demanded that character be thrown off the show and be depicted as being hated by all Americans.
Back after the 2016 election there was a panel discussion with the creators of all the top TV political shows; West Wing, House of Cards, Veep, Scandal, et al.
All the producers said the same thing. If they’d had a character say that they ‘liked soldiers who don’t get captured’ the networks and advertisers would have demanded that character be thrown off the show and be depicted as being hated by all Americans.