R.I.P. Scout26
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
So this man's name was Woody Allen, and he made movies?
For all the talk I've heard about him in TV and movies, no one of my acquaintance has admitted to seeing any of his films.
That's because he ceased to be funny probably before you were born.