It's not that Sorkin has ruined all television for me, it's just that when this show is gone, we won't have many articulate television characters on TV anymore. Just watching the Simon and Jack scene at the start of this episode - they way they are sparring and reasoning with each other, smart and articulate men making their cases for Simon to apologise or not... this kind of scene just doesn't get written that much for television.
Oh, there are smart and complex characters on television. And complicated plots. But so rarely does it come down to reasoned arguments - thoughtful and complex dialogue as the source of the drama.
I can get off on other kinds of drama - action and more emotional conflicts, but there is no other Sorkin.
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Date: 2007-06-23 01:37 am (UTC)Oh, there are smart and complex characters on television. And complicated plots. But so rarely does it come down to reasoned arguments - thoughtful and complex dialogue as the source of the drama.
I can get off on other kinds of drama - action and more emotional conflicts, but there is no other Sorkin.