Why Theresa May’s speech reminded people of the West Wing (but not in a good way)
As if Theresa May’s car crash of a conference speech wasn’t bad enough, it’s time for a game of spot the difference.
What could make the worst car crash speech ever even worse? Finding out they nicked lines off TV shows for the speech!#CPC17 #TheresaMayP45 pic.twitter.com/T4kmof1Ue4
— Devutopia (@D_Raval) October 4, 2017
Here’s Theresa May.
“It’s when tested the most that we reach deep within ourselves and find that our capacity to rise to the challenge may well be limitless.”
And here’s the West Wing’s Jed Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen.
“And every time we think we’ve measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we are reminded that our capacity may well be limitless.”
Yep, pretty much identical. That’s episode 1 of season 4 of the West Wing, just in case you’re wondering, called ’20 Hours in America’.
What could make the worst car crash speech ever even worse? Finding out they nicked lines off TV shows for the speech!#CPC17 #TheresaMayP45 pic.twitter.com/T4kmof1Ue4
— Devutopia (@D_Raval) October 4, 2017
SO Theresa May's speechwriter is a fan of the West Wing. pic.twitter.com/FGElRNju9Y
— Raphael Hogarth (@Raphael_Hogarth) October 3, 2017
"Ok. The speech is original?"
"No"
"Security is tight?"
"Fuck no"
"Got my cough medicine?"
"Nah"
"The slogan is secured to the wall?"
"nope"— TechnicallyRaarrrghh (@TechnicallyRon) October 4, 2017
They're trying to program the Maybot with Sorkin code https://t.co/jxjX3L3tEx
— Graham Linehan (@Glinner) October 4, 2017
Today's been like the Thick Of It writers panicked and put all their plot ideas into one episode. Including this:https://t.co/ghqVL95uk3
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) October 4, 2017
The speech that just keeps on giving 😂
— Carl Browne (@Scouse_Nous) October 4, 2017
Just so long as they don’t start quoting from Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom. That was rubbish.
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