New York Times
New York, Ny., United States
September 30, 2012

The production, titled "Janeane From Des Moines," includes scenes shot in Iowa between March 2011 and January 2012 during the Republicans' campaign for the Jan. 3 Iowa Caucuses.

Janeane, a fictional character played by Ames native Jane Edith Wilson, is a 47-year-old tea party conservative and an evangelical Christian homemaker. But her personal and political convictions are tested after her truck-driving husband loses his job, she develops a lump in her breast and she loses her health insurance.

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