Studio 60 - West Wing in Drag
I hated the pilot... but the pilot made the second episode look like damn genius.
The truth of the matter seems to be that Aaron Sorkin is making a show about making an hour long drama and not really about live TV or SNL or anything else. Not surprisingly, Sorkin doesn’t seem to have the slightest grasp of how live TV works. I can forgive stupid details, like all the offices having floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the studio (the green room at SNL does look like that… but it is the only space that does). But the misunderstanding of the writers and the talent is horrible. Looks to me like maybe Sorkin is still on drugs and the West Wing actors are floating in a new show called Studio 60.
Worst of all, his cast of funny people are not funny. And they aren’t non funny in the way some comics are all serious in real life and turn it on for the camera. They are mostly all dramatic actors. When a crisis comes up I see Josh ready to call Leo and grab the president. This is just bad, completely self indulgent TV. It’s more about Sorkin and his supposed genius than it was last week – crap that may win an award for the most actors who came from West Wing.
This is just plain trash TV - Mr Sorkin your 15 minutes are up.
The truth of the matter seems to be that Aaron Sorkin is making a show about making an hour long drama and not really about live TV or SNL or anything else. Not surprisingly, Sorkin doesn’t seem to have the slightest grasp of how live TV works. I can forgive stupid details, like all the offices having floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the studio (the green room at SNL does look like that… but it is the only space that does). But the misunderstanding of the writers and the talent is horrible. Looks to me like maybe Sorkin is still on drugs and the West Wing actors are floating in a new show called Studio 60.
Worst of all, his cast of funny people are not funny. And they aren’t non funny in the way some comics are all serious in real life and turn it on for the camera. They are mostly all dramatic actors. When a crisis comes up I see Josh ready to call Leo and grab the president. This is just bad, completely self indulgent TV. It’s more about Sorkin and his supposed genius than it was last week – crap that may win an award for the most actors who came from West Wing.
This is just plain trash TV - Mr Sorkin your 15 minutes are up.
posted by The Last Word | 7:56 PM
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