Aaron Sorkin | Aaron Sorkin
Jul.31.2012
I'm pondering a letter to my Congressperson to urge a federal grant to clone a love-child that combines the DNA of Amy Sherman-Palladino (writer/creator of the erstwhile "Gilmore Girls" and her current show "Bunheads" --itself a GilGirls clone of sorts) and Aaron Sorkin (writer/creator of the...
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Jun.30.2012
Another HBO program truly revealed the Left’s real feelings. The Newsroom (2012), written by Aaron Sorkin, featured Jeff Daniels as a “weak Republican” anchor of a major CNN-style national news network. In the first episode, his character, Will McAvoy, lists a number of statistics about America’s...
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Jun.23.2012
Let’s get this out of the way off the top: I loved Charlie Wilson’s War. It was patriotic, funny, sexy, well-acted and great drama. Fabulous movie. Five stars. Kudos. Love it.
That said, just wanted to let it be known that the message of this film, at least one of the sub-texts of it, did...
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Oct.11.2010
The Social Network
The opening scene uses sledgehammer nerd-alert tactics: Mark Zuckerberg and his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, are drinking beers at a crowded Boston pub. High-volume background noise with Zuckerberg monotonously speed-talking at his girlfriend, in a Rainman sort of way...
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