The West Wing at 25 — how does it match up to today’s reality?

Ever wondered how accurately hit series “The West Wing” depicts the West Wing? Jeff Shesol— original West Wing Writer, former White House speechwriter, and “the real-life counterpart to Seaborn” — weighs in here.

When The West Wing premiered 25 years ago this weekend, it brought the world a revolutionary style of dialogue known as the “walk and talk”, with aides marching up and down White House corridors trading high-speed quips with each other and, occasionally, their boss.

A quarter of a century on, the real president walks and talks rather more slowly, but that’s not all that makes rewatching Aaron Sorkin’s drama feel odd.