18 Things “The West Wing” Got Wrong
For a show that prides itself in its smug intellectualism, “The West Wing” sure did get a lot of facts wrong. Next time you’re watching on Netflix, keep these flubs on hand to look smart in front of your friends.
For a show that prides itself in its smug intellectualism, “The West Wing” sure did get a lot of facts wrong. Next time you’re watching on Netflix, keep these flubs on hand to look smart in front of your friends.
What do you get when you combine Kanye West lyrics with screencaps from Aaron Sorkin’s fantastic show, The West Wing? A flawless blog, that’s what. (via thekanyewestwing.tumblr.com)
The show hit the perfect note for the stars in the room, many of whom were as occupied with scoring photos on the smoking patio as charting the winners.
Hint: The dialogue would be a lot snappier. Hats off to writers James Bean and Chase Hinton for grappling with this crucial question.
Let’s take the self-love down a notch. You’ve been on Twitter for a day and haven’t even gotten rid of your “egg” icon yet!
YELLING. LOTS OF YELLING.
Aaron Sorkin’s new program The Newsroom has been getting mixed reviews, yet the opening monologue from the program continues to be discussed among those in the news media. While Will McAvoy’s rant is great, it’s hardly the first rant that Sorkin has written. Here are a few other rants.
Aaron Sorkin characters have a habit of popping up on Twitter. Here are 10 you should follow.For best effect, read these tweets while walking briskly through a hallway.
You knew it was coming.
Maybe critics wouldn’t hate Aaron Sorkin’s latest show, “The Newsroom,” so freaking much if it starred cats instead. Just pretend!
Aaron Sorkin repeats a lot of dialogue between his movies and television shows. That’s not to say it’s not well-written recycling, but he could maybe try a little harder? (via thehighdefinite.com)
Keith Olbermann meets Joe Scarborough meets Network.
Aaron Sorkin’s debut series — where the walk & talk was born — is $15 off via Amazon. There’s no especially buzzy reason to post this other than the fact that it’s really good and you should see it if you haven’t.