It hasn’t been an easy month to find anything exciting. The Chicago White Sox lost today, as they have done all of September. I couldn’t even motivate myself to catch a game at the Coliseum last weekend. Well, we shall remain hopeful until we are mathematically eliminated from the Playoffs.
In the meanwhile, our Hopeful One aka Decider has amazingly emerged as the philologist for the twenty first century. His tortured efforts to explain ‘what torture is’ has been more torturous than his predecessor’s effort to explain the meaning of the word ‘is’.
Anyway, let me admit that I have been a big fan of Aaron Sorkin’s. I liked A Few Good Men and American President (a little), Sports Night (a lot) and The West Wing (way too much). What can I say? I am a political nut. But I like good writing and good dialogue; either on TV or in Hollywood movies good writers and story tellers are a rare breed. Charlie Kaufman is pretty good. So is Sorkin. One can look forward to some good lines, passion and some intelligence.
Studio 60 promises to be good and something to look forward to every monday. In these days of game shows and dumb competitions, mystery dramas and sports shows, rare is the prospect of finding intelligence, quirkiness and good writing on TV. In addition, Sorkin constantly seeks to create a romantic idealism in his shows, be it on politics or entertainment. I like that.
In the same vein, we could expect some very good films too. Personally, I am looking forward to a new flim version of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel. Iñárritu is brilliant and his 21 Grams is one of my favorite films. Babel too promises to be really good.
As I said, something to be excited about.
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Ahhh Sorkin. “A few Good Men” is one of my all time favories (with Rain Man, Sound of Music, and Great Escape , of course).
And, “American President” is a good movie too.
I so wanted to watch Studio 60, but had people over from India and didn’t want to switch on TV.
And, I guess I don’t really make good use of my DVR….so didn’t watch Studio 60 yesterday. Definitely plan to next week. If not for Sorkin, at least for Chandler Bing !!! Yeah, I know I am shallow
You know, you could catch Studio 60 online at http://www.nbc.com.
Oh OK….didn’t realize that. Thanks PDCS !!! And, in case you haven’t already watched, you should start following “Desperate Housewives”. The first season was brilliant and the quality came down last eyar. I am hoping it will get back to it’s peak again !!! It’s witty, funny and brilliantly scripted. And, no, it’s not a reality show, don’t get fooled by the title, coz I had !!!
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