I'd say read another book but I don't think they've ever seen one before.
The man writes more eloquent and passionate dialog than any five other writers in Hollywood put together.
literally the only thing they need to consider a piece of writing a masterpiece is for an authoritative figure to spout off all the Correct(tm) opinions
Fuck that show. The West Wing is what really normalized smug liberalism and made them wear it as a badge of honor. You can see this with the Obama years and even now as Kamala Harris made herself sound like a Sorkin character in the VP debate.
Buttigieg is the logical endpoint of this show’s worldview. Flowery vacuousness in human form. Even his military career was an empty shell.
Thank God the Americans are here. That's all the theory I need to know.
After the revolution, the two shibboleths will be "What do you think of Harry Potter?" and "What do you think of the West Wing?"
Ironically West Wing dolts will know what that is because there's a really stupid episode where a North Korean secret Christian piano genius tries to defect to the US and President Bartlet talks endlessly about the shibboleth, then gives the guy a Catholicism quiz, and then doesn't let him defect anyway.
excuse me sweaty but the greatest literary work ever produced is actually harry potter 🤓
They say that now is not the time for change. Now is not the time for a better world. Now is not the time to upset the Apple cart. But Americans have never been afraid of change. From the emancipation of slavery to landing on the moon, Americans have never been afraid to push forward into the future. To journey beyond the bounds of what's considered possible in order to bring freedom and peace to its people. As Americans we are the change in the world. We walk into the future hand in hand. And we welcome whatever the world might throw at us. And so we say to Xi, in one courageous and unwavering voice, load those launch pads, arm those warheads, and let your missiles reach for the stars... and stripes. God bless our future of light, and God Bless The United States Of America.
There's a posadist Sorkin meme account somewhere in that beautiful mind of yours, comrade, and you owe it to yourself to reach for greatness.
I hate Twitter and yet my personal and work accounts have already bled dangerously into one another during COVID. Adding a Posadist Sorkin account for the trifecta can only end in disaster.
Which is why I'm half tempted to take up your suggestion. :che-smile:
The man writes more eloquent and passionate dialog than any five other writers in Hollywood put together.
https://youtu.be/ypsQO3dFiB8
Watch the video. Watch the whole thing. Do not pause, or click away. This is unfiltered Sorkin.
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-respect your overlords peasant don't ever step out of line
"the internet says"
I thought I was watching Seinfeld.
My genuine reaction was to laugh my ass off at the camera focusing on the shoulder stripes and pin while the music was swelling.
I had to stop watching as soon as he started apologizing with that zoom in on the pilot's stripes lmao
My favorite line in the Chapo episode on Newsroom is that despite it being an alternate history about what the media should have done, with so much importance and gravitas placed on the act of reporting the news, nothing happens differently. Even in Sorkin's fantasy about how important it is to deliver the god damn freaking news, it has no impact whatsoever on anything meaningful.
Obligatory [https://westwingthing.libsyn.com/](West Wing Thing] plug
Sorkin has one trick that he does well, and it's not even a good trick. Melodramatic speeches are not that hard to do. You probably do that shit in the shower when you win imaginary arguments against your boss. Sorkin just figured out how to make a career out of it.
The Social Network is the only truly good piece of fiction Sorkin has ever been involved with. Probably because it was adapted from a book so the structure and narrative is already there. Most of the credit goes to the David Finch, Trent Reznor, and the actors.
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