tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4034812475102684442..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Previewing Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom"Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3450345432176415182012-06-18T09:22:18.639-07:002012-06-18T09:22:18.639-07:00"Does that remind you of anyone?"
Actua..."Does that remind you of anyone?"<br /><br />Actually, it reminds me of the Aaron Sorkin who wrote the first few episodes of the (mercifully cancelled) Studio 60.<br /><br />Sorkin is:<br />a) a drug addict<br />b) a blame-America-first leftist<br /><br />You can slip by in Hollywood with both attributes, but not if the general public finds out; then you become a ratings liability.<br /><br />Studio 60 was Sorkin's first show in years, and right off the bat, he was trying to rationalize both a and b. Combine that with clumsy, gratuitous swipes at Republicans, Christians, and conservatives in general, and it made for the kind of TV that was difficult to watch.<br /><br />I'm disappointed but not surprised to learn that this HBO show is more of the same.<br /><br />Sports Night was frantic, funny television. The West Wing (along with its pilot episode, The American President) were rife with liberalism, but not in the clumsy, ham-handed way that you saw in Studio 60. They were highly entertaining shows. It's almost tragic that Sorkin can't deliver that kind of show anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com