Netflix, in the White House, with a charming whodunit
A few years ago, Shonda Rhimes and her producing partner Betsy Beers asked Paul William Davies, who wrote for 'Scandal' and created 'For the People,' to take a look at journalist Kate Anderson Brower's 2015 book about the lives of the White House's household staff. Intrigued by revelatory anecdotes from maids, butlers and cooks who worked across administrations, Davies kept digging. He found himself unexpectedly mesmerized by a C-SPAN video of the White House chief usher testifying during the Clinton-era Whitewater hearings. He hadn't given much thought to the person in charge of running operations at the famous home, let alone all the secrets he might hold.
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