The Newsroom: A Guilty Pleasure

  HBO and Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom is my favorite thing on TV right now. Nothing is perfect. There are scenes, and some acting, and some writing that are truly cringe-worthy. But I'm a left-wing kind of guy, and I'm a fan of all things Sorkin. Shouldn't we all aspire to have the sort of brains and quick wits of all of his characters?
  The seasons for cable dramas are too short. I admit to having seen every episode from the first season at least five times. Sorkin's style packs so much in, so quickly that the second and third viewing have always been better. You know where they're going, and can pick up so much of that rapid-fire, talking over each other dialogue after a few viewings.
  That's it. That's my confession for the night.

Will tries to reinvent the presidential debates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-BZsrtoPs

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Unknown said…
since i don't have hbo (gasp!) i miss out. but i am a sorkin guy. WW is my all time fav. just watched all seasons on netflix. it is amazing that a show that good made it as long as it did.

Toby Ziegler - one of the great TV characters (on a show full of greats)
July 16, 2013 at 7:45 PM
Unknown said…
Come on over sometime. We can get the whole thing on HBO on Demand. Wine and Sorkin. It'll take a few sessions. 11 episodes so far. Remember the dinner parties we threw for NYPD Blue? And yeah, Toby Ziegler was one of my all time favorite characters in anything.
July 16, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Unknown said…
great clip

http://youtu.be/TJ--SaTzx00
July 16, 2013 at 8:37 PM
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