# Redheads on West Wing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redheads-on-west-wing/400911>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 20, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redheads-on-west-wing/400911 "2007-04-20T10:58:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redheads-on-west-wing/400911/1 "2007-04-20T10:58:43Z")

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I recently discovered WW and am totally hooked. I have just started season 3, so please don’t spoil anything for me!

But one observation about the series: aren’t there a heck of a lot of redhead women?

Sorry for not knowing all the names

Zoe Bartlet  
Ellie Bartlet  
Mallory McGarry  
Margaret  
Ginger  
the woman who came with the campaign strategy team in season 3  
and I’m sure I have seen other minor characters who fit the bill as well.

So what’s up with this? Does the casting director have a redhead fetish? Is there something particularly political about being gingerhaired?

Maybe they should start calling the show Rust Wing!

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redheads-on-west-wing/400911/2 "2007-04-20T11:26:45Z")

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I’m guessing the fetish is Sorkin’s.

Let’s not forget (the Sorkin standin) Danny Rydell of _Sports Night_ (as opposed to Danny Concannon of _West Wing_ or Danny Tripp of _Studio 60_) having his infatuation with the redheaded Rebecca as the woman of his dreams (I myself was a little crushed when she came back briefly at the end of the show’s run with her hair changed to blonde).

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**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redheads-on-west-wing/400911/3 "2007-04-20T14:31:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Endemic]  
But one observation about the series: aren’t there a heck of a lot of redhead women?  
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You say this like it’s a bad thing… 😉

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**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redheads-on-west-wing/400911/4 "2007-04-21T08:47:21Z")

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Let us not forget [Kathleen York](http://images.google.com/images?q=kathleen%20york&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi) as “Congresswoman Wyatt” (Toby’s ex-wife and baby’s mama).