The product never hit the market so the trade-mags and message boards would dig into the company, causing it to rethink showing prototypes.
Yet Cisco's recent rethink shows the hangover that can follow acquisitiveness.
"Use of the drug has gone down since it was downgraded in 2004 and research by Rethink shows that only 3% of users would consider stopping on the grounds of illegality".
Asked to lead a so-called new creative team to rethink the show, Mr. Dean used the theme of time, with vaudevillelike transitions to link the numbers.
I do think the network might want to rethink the show's catch phrase: "Face the wall".
This is not the first time that a national cultural institution has seen fit to rethink a show deemed too hot for federal property.
And even before Mr. Zephirin's painting of a skeletal Baron Samedi had appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, Mr. Cosentino was rethinking the show.
Although my gladiator efforts of bellydancing in the bathroom got me early suspension from school ―according to Gulliver Gymnastics, belly dancing in the bathroom is apparently a fire hazard ― it did convince the administration to rethink the entire show's theme and change it to "Aladdin".
But it's hardly dull; there are outstanding performances from Leander Deeny and Helena Lymbery, and you have to admire a company who, when faced with a serious misfire, can rethink and transform a show.
Still, the previous season ended with Robin Wright's Claire Underwood taking over the presidency, so it seemed like the right time to rethink this as a show that's centered on Claire.
