Meyer, the senator turned vice-president turned president turned ex-president, was a perfect foil for contemporary American politics. Self-obsessed, myopic and utterly useless – Julia Louis-Dreyfus created a politician who was so ridiculous she was hard to believe, until the 2016 presidential campaign happened. Is the 2016 presidential campaign beyond satire? Read moreFor Louis-Dreyfus, Selina Meyer provided a second huge role following the once-in-a-career success of Elaine in Seinfeld. Veep not only mastered the art of political satire, it did that rarest of things: it became a successful cross-Atlantic adaptation.

Source: The Guardian September 07, 2017 09:40 UTC