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Everything is a political calculation. When Meyer considers getting a dog, an aide says, "maybe we should get a rescue dog. It will play great." Meyer mulls whether to contact the National Weather Service to remove "Selina" from next year's list of hurricane names. Even the frozen yogurt flavor is debated. Louis-Dreyfus spoke with three vice presidents to research her role, along with aides and journalists. She declines to say if anything specific in the show comes from a real vice presidential experience. "I don't want anyone to think it's a parody of a specific person," she said, "and I also want to keep the lines of communication open. "No kidding," she said. "I went to these people with questions, not about policy or decisions. My questions were much more personal and humanistic: What is it like to have this coterie of Secret Service with you at all times? Do you at a certain point not notice them anymore? Do they laugh at your jokes? If you're having a private conversation with somebody in your family and the Secret Service is there, does that factor in your conversation, their presence? Stuff like that." She's made a single, eight-episode season of "Veep," and hopes to make several more. "Do you like to laugh?" she said. "Because you might get a chuckle out of it. You'll see Washington portrayed in a way that it's never been portrayed before. I know there's nothing else like this on television anymore. It's fun. It's fresh." ___ Online:
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