The Times writes…
TV lawyers are objecting to voter suppression and making a case to their real-life counterparts ahead of the upcoming presidential election.
On Thursday, Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”), Christine Baranski (“The Good Fight”), Dulé Hill (“Suits”), Gina Torres (“Suits”), Sam Waterston (“Law and Order”), Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”) and other actors who play attorneys on TV appeared in a PSA urging actual lawyers to protect Americans’ voting rights come November.
The YouTube video is presented by We the Action, which connects legal professionals with human-rights organizations such as VotoLatino, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union and former First Lady Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote.
“Are you a lawyer?” begins the PSA, which sees its celebrity advocates deliver their call to action, relay-style. “I’m not, but I played one on TV … We perform what’s written in the script. … But that’s not real life. Which is why we’re looking to you, calling all lawyers — not fake, make believe, phony lawyers like me. Real, actual lawyers — help to volunteer.”
Read more at. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-10-22/viola-davis-tv-lawyers-we-the-action-psa-election
