Satirizing Washington politics is getting harder for the award-winning TV comedy but the new season, starting April 16, has an uncanny knack for nailing current U.S. politics - and it does not even have a Trump-like figure. Nevertheless said Mandel "it's getting sort of frightening" how closely the series about a political system where idealism is trumped by compromise tends to echo real Washington politics. "Sometimes when we sit around to come up with a storyline, we think 'What's the stupidest thing a president could do? The show's characters never reveal their party affiliations, so despite the barbed jokes, it has a thriving audience in Washington D.C., said Mandel. "Whenever we meet people from whichever party, they think 'Veep' is about the other guys."

Source: The Star April 09, 2017 12:56 UTC