Why the new cover of the West Wing theme song was so powerful (Patreon)

Like many children of the 80s and 90s, this week I tuned into the West Wing's HBO Max Reunion Special - a filmed, staged recreation of the episode "Hartfield's Landing." I'll be discussing more about it on this week's episode of the /Filmcast but in the meantime, I want to recount an interesting experience I had with it.

I thought the new cover of the theme song was gorgeous and powerful, so I invited @joyofnapping to watch it with me (she has virtually no exposure to The West Wing at all). You can hear most of it right here. She started weeping almost immediately. Later on, when I showed it to her again, she also wept. 

I asked @joyofnapping about why she was so moved by this theme song from this 90s TV show that she had no particular attachment to. I really loved her answer so I filmed it and am bringing it to you now as a Patreon exclusive.

I hope you appreciate her response. Thanks for your support and for making this Patreon possible.

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Talk soon.