Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterOn Tuesday, “Veep” showrunner David Mandel will sit down for a panel with two other writers, Etan Cohen (“Idiocracy”) and Eli Attie (“The West Wing”), for a conversation entitled “Screenwriting the White House.”It sounds like the sort of virtual roundtable that somebody like, well, Variety, would do.
But this is actually a fundraiser for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Tickets can be had for as little as $250, but the truly committed may pledge up to $5,000 (and get the pride of being a virtual “co-host.”)This is how presidential fundraising works now.
In order to draw a crowd, you have to put on a show. Of course, due to coronavirus, all of this glad-handing is being done digitally.
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