| rdfs:comment | - ABC's Scandal is a juridicially/politically-themed drama, staring Kerry Washington. She plays Olivia Carolyn Pope, a reputation-fixer who works for rich people needing to be saved from the latest scandal/accident/kidnapping that has befallen upon them. She oscilates between her usual incarnation, the ideal Guile Hero every Distressed Dude and Distressed Damsel who becomes her client dreams of, and the flawed, somehow manipulative master of Hannibal Lecture, Double Entendre and intimidation and cause of Innocent Bystander's Freak-Out she can become when she thinks she acts for the best, but misses the point. She usually does the right thing, and always is a really tough heroine, though she is hardly the kind to put Honor Before Reason.
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| abstract | - ABC's Scandal is a juridicially/politically-themed drama, staring Kerry Washington. She plays Olivia Carolyn Pope, a reputation-fixer who works for rich people needing to be saved from the latest scandal/accident/kidnapping that has befallen upon them. She oscilates between her usual incarnation, the ideal Guile Hero every Distressed Dude and Distressed Damsel who becomes her client dreams of, and the flawed, somehow manipulative master of Hannibal Lecture, Double Entendre and intimidation and cause of Innocent Bystander's Freak-Out she can become when she thinks she acts for the best, but misses the point. She usually does the right thing, and always is a really tough heroine, though she is hardly the kind to put Honor Before Reason. Her team includes Stephen Finch, Harrison Wright, Abby Whelan, Huck With-No-Last-Name, and Quinn Perkins. The series is notable for being written by Shonda Rhimes, like a certain well-known medical series, and being one of the few dramas featuring a black actress as the main character. It is also highly feminist in content, with numerous strong female characters and very little reliance on traditional characterization or storylines. It was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2012.
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