{"id":35256,"date":"2012-01-08T18:03:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T18:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/08\/leslie-knope-poehlers-character-in-parks-and\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T21:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T21:00:38","slug":"leslie-knope-poehlers-character-in-parks-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/08\/leslie-knope-poehlers-character-in-parks-and\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-35256 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/08\/leslie-knope-poehlers-character-in-parks-and\/attachment\/35257\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o1_250-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o1_250-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o1_250-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/08\/leslie-knope-poehlers-character-in-parks-and\/attachment\/35258\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o2_250-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o2_250-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o2_250-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/08\/leslie-knope-poehlers-character-in-parks-and\/attachment\/35259\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o3_250-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o3_250-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o3_250-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/08\/leslie-knope-poehlers-character-in-parks-and\/attachment\/35260\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o4_250-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o4_250-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lxeqkvPCE31qa5ff2o4_250-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote><p><small>\u201cLeslie Knope, Poehler\u2019s character in Parks and Recreation, is another kind of risk. It would be so easy to play an earnest young woman who works in the local government of a small Indiana town as a loser. But Poehler imbues Knope\u2019s belief that she can make a difference\u2014in spite of the glacial speed of her achievements\u2014with both dignity and humor. You can laugh at Knope, but you pull for her at the same time\u2014no small task. And the show itself, according to Poehler, is about \u201cfighting against becoming cynical, against the idea of Ah, fuck it, nothing will change, therefore we shouldn\u2019t do anything.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimesmagazine.com\/2011\/01\/q-la-amy-poehler.html\">x<\/a>)<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLeslie Knope, Poehler\u2019s character in Parks and Recreation, is another kind of risk. It would be so easy to play an earnest young woman who works in the local government of a small Indiana town as a loser. 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