Identification badge for Sue Wilson (Sufe Bradshaw) used on Veep
date: label: date made
content: around 2012
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Identification badge used by Sufe Bradshaw in the role of Sue Wilson on the television series Veep. The badge features a photograph and information about Wilson in her position as Assistant to the Vice President for Scheduling, alongside the seal of the Vice President of the United States. The badge is printed on a plastic card and is attached via a plastic clasp to a black fabric lanyard with a coiled string return.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Created by Armando Iannucci, Veep aired on HBO from 2012-2019. The series followed the political career of Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), an egotistic, inept, and eternally-scheming politician, and the struggles of her overwhelmed staff. Premiering between two watershed moments to which it seemed to speak: the nomination of Sarah Palin as Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008 and the nomination and election of Donald Trump in 2016, the series aimed merciless satire at the modern American political system, especially presidential politics. Meyer is far from an inspiring leader, and her gaffes and errors on the campaign and in official business do not hold her back from rising to the office of the presidency. Veep was a critical and popular success, winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series out of seven consecutive nominations. Louis-Dreyfus' won six consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, a Television Critics Association Award, and five consecutive Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of Meyer.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Veep was also celebrated for its cynical realism in its portrayal of the executive branch of the federal government. When Obama administration spokesperson Tommy Vietor spoke with the show’s creative staff on his Pod Save America podcast he said ““The funny thing about Veep is, we as people who worked in the White House always get asked, okay, what’s the most real? Is it House of Cards? Is it West Wing? And the answer is, it’s Veep. Because you guys nail the fragility of the egos, and the, like, day-to-day idiocy of the decision-making.” In the words of NPR media critic John Powers, Selina “incarnates our present-day image of the politician as a spoiled, narcissistic self-promoter who believes in nothing except winning power simply to have it.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0127.02
label: accession number
content: 2021.0127
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0127.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, fabric, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 2 in x 1/4 in; 58.42 cm x 5.08 cm x .635 cm