( APPLAUSE )
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH CHRISTINE BARANSKI.
YOU ARE NOW-- WE'RE COMING INTO A NEW SEASON OF "THE GOOD
FIGHT."
WE SHOWED THE CLIP JUST NOW.
YOU HAVE PLAYED THE CHARACTER OF DIANE LOCKHART FOR 12 YEARS FOR
THIS AND "THE GOOD WIFE."
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO INHABIT A CHARACTER THAT LONG?
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE LUCKIEST ACTRESSES WHO HAS EVER
LIVED BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT WRITERS.
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT-- CERTAINLY ABOUT-- I MEAN, "THE
GOOD WIFE" WAS A SIMPLY GREAT SHOW.
BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT "THE GOOD FIGHT," ALL OF THE
CHARACTERS, PARTICULARLY MINE, LIVE IN THE PRESENT TENSE.
MY CHARACTER'S A LIBERAL FEMINIST LAWYER, HIGH IDEALS--
( APPLAUSE )
WATCH A LIBERAL FEMINIST LAWYER NEGOTIATE THE TRUMP YEARS.
AND SHE HAD TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME AND WOULD BANG HER HEAD
AGAINST THE WALL OR TAKE PSILOCYBIN OR DO AKEYEDO,
ANYTHING TO TRY TO COPE WITH TRUMP.
NOW WE'RE IN POST-TRUMP,s AND NOW I'M ONE OF THE TWO NAMED
PARTNERS OF A LAW FIRM THAT'S A BLACK LAW FIRM, AND I'M THE
WHITE LAWYER.
SO THAT MAKES FOR INTERESTING CONVERSATION, TOO.
>> Stephen: I'M SURE IT DOES.
>> AND CONFLICT.
AND I'M MARRIED TO A REPUBLICAN IN THE SHOW, SO I'M NOT SURE IF
HE VOTED FOR TRUMP THE SECOND TIME.
SO THAT'S INTERESTING PILLOW TALK, TOO, ISN'T IT?
( LAUGHTER )
IT'S-- I NEVER GET TIRED OF THE SHOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LOOK
WHAT WE'RE LIVING THROUGH.
EVERY DAY IT'S SOME-- SOME, YOU KNOW, NEW NIGHTMARE.
AND IT JUST GETS -- >> Stephen: I HADN'T NOTICED.
>> I KNOW.
I THINK OF YOU OFTEN.
YOU MUST BE -- >> Stephen: HAVING A GREAT
TIME.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I ADMIRE WHAT YOU DID ALL THOSE FOUR YEARS.
MY GOD.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE OF YOU TO SAY THAT.
NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING-- MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE A
NEW CAST MEMBER THIS YEAR WHOSE NAME YOU MIGHT HAVE DROPPED ONCE
ALREADY IN THIS CONVERSATION.
MANDY PATINKIN.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS UP-AND-COMER.
>> HE'S PLAYING A RATHER CRACKPOT JUDGE WHO TAKES IT UPON
HIMSELF TO CREATE A KANGAROO COURT AND IT'S A ROLE THAT HE'S
SO PERFECT FOR.
AND HE'S WITH US ALMOST THE WHOLE SEASON.
AND IT'S FUNNY AND AUDACIOUS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S-- THE GREAT THING, IN ADDITION TO MANDY,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BROADWAY HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN.
WE HAVE JUST HAD OUR PICK OF THE GREATEST BROADWAY ACTORS WHO
JUST COME IN AND DO ROLES AND THEY'RE JUDGES AND THEY'RE
LAWYERS AND THEY DO CAMEOS.
UPON AND SO YOU JUST ARE LOOKING AT THE CREME DE LA CREME UPON
NEW YORK THEATER WHEN YOU WATCH OUR SHOW.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST-- AND IT'S BEEN AGREEMENT TO EMPLOY
THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD A THEATER TO GO TO,
TO WORK IN.
>> Stephen: DOES HE STILL HAVE THE BEARD FROM "HOMELAND?"
>> NO, HE'S CLEAN.
>> Stephen: THAT HAD A BIBLICAL QUALITY TO IT AND I
THOUGHT IT WOULD GO NICE WITH A JUDGE.
>> HE'S BIBLICAL IN MANY WAYS.
>> Stephen: IT'S SO LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU, BUT SO MUCH BETTER TO SEE YOU IN
PERSON.
WE TALKED OVER COVID, OVER THE ZOOM INTERVIEWS AND THEY'RE FUN
AND INTIMATE.
BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN TALKING OVER ZOOM YOU CAN'T SING
OVER ZOOM.
>> NO, YOU CAN'T.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T GET THE RHYTHM TOGETHER.
YOU CAN'T STAY IN THE SAME TIME.
( APPLAUSE )
TRYING TO SING A LITTLE SONDHEIM TOGETHER OVER ZOOM, AND SINCE
WE'RE BACK TOGETHER, I'D LIKE TO TRY IT AGAIN
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
BOTH DONE "COMPANY."
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE A HISTORIC MOMENT BECAUSE WE
COULD BE THE FIRST TWO PERFORMERS SINCE BROADWAY WENT
DARK WHO ARE GOING TO SING SONDHEIM.
WE'RE THE FIRST--
>> Stephen: THIS-- THIS COULD BE-- WE SHOULD NAIL THIS-- MAIL
THIS PERFORMANCE TO THE SMITHSONIAN RIGHT AWAY AWAY.
>> EXACTLY.
JON, GIVE ME A LITTLE SONDHEIM IN "D."
♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ISN'T IT WARM?
>> ♪ ISN'T IT ROSY?
♪ SIDE BY SIDE!
BY SIDE!
♪ PORTS IN A STORM COMFY AND COZY
♪ SIDE BY SIDE!
BY SIDE!
♪ EVERYTHING SHINES HOW SWEET
♪ SIDE BY SIDE!
BY SIDE!
♪ PARALLEL LINES WHO MEET
♪ SIDE BY SIDE!
BY SIDE!
♪ YEAR AFTER YEAR OLDER AND OLDER
♪ SIDE BY SIDE!
BY SIDE!
♪ SHARING A TEAR AND LENDING A SHOULDER
♪ SIDE BY SIDE!
BY SIDE!
♪ ONE'S IMPOSSIBLE TWO IS GLOOMY
♪ GIVE ANOTHER NUMBER TO ME SIDE BY SIDE,
BY SIDE ♪ BY SIDE,
♪ BY SIDE, BY SIDE, BY SIDE, BY SIDE, BY SIDE
♪ BY SIDE, BY SIDE, BY SIDE BY SIDE BY SIDE!
BY SIDE! ♪
>> Stephen: SEASON FIVE OF "THE GOOD FIGHT" PREMIERES TOMORROW
ON PARAMOUNT+ CHRISTINE BARANSKI, EVERYBODY!
THANK YOU, MADAME.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY JOY OLADOKUN
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