Consider me among those who appreciate "The Newsroom" and am occasionally moved by it, even as I wince at some of the rom-com flailings and Sorkin's righteous, earnest, optimistic political bent (which I fear I share).
On Aug 26, 5:53 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > > For me, the problem with the show isn't that the characters are > > self-important, it's that they don't act like any recognizable human beings > > I've ever met. > > > Sorkin has his strengths -- the best parts of the show have been when he's > > described the nuts and bolts of putting a show together -- but he cannot -- > > can not -- write romantic comedy or even plausible straight romantic drama. > > > To those who enjoy the show, bully for you. For those (like me) who > > hate-watch, the adulation over Sorkin is baffling. > > > Different strokes. > > I think I have noted before that I agree with the point that his strength > is not writing romance, though I think he ranges from horrid to cute with > this. > > I wonder though what adulation you are being baffled by. I don't think I > have read a single review of a program written by Sorkin since West Wing > that was even mildly positive. On this list I think I have been one of two, > maybe three posters who have had positive things to say about Newsroom, and > my praise has been muted and mixed, hardly adulation. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
