The Good Wife is admittedly more soap opera than anything else. Over the years, I've somehow become interested in the modern day primetime soap operas, be it The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Good Wife, or Dallas. I think MJF fits in good as a modern soap star. He has a natural character to him that doesn't even need to be acted out.
I never really considered Alex P. Keaton to be a ruthless-but-lovable butthead. He was just the crooked-leaning comedy foil, like so many other characters. I'd compare him to Barney from How I Met Your Mother, in that regard. At most, you shake your head and roll your eyes, but you never truly find him unlikeable like you would a true TV a-hole.
I've heard MJF speak abut Parkinson's before. He'd rather keep going than stop, for fear that he can't start again. Or something along those lines. He doesn't really do a lot of interviews anymore. I was really happy when he spoke up about the benefits and science of stem cell research back in 2008, to oppose the crock-science right-wing crowd.
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