Circling back to the topic of the post, Arron Sorkin's The Newsroom. It stars Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr. and Alison Pill. It centres around Jeff Daniels character Will McAvoy, the anchor of News Night. He has just come back from a forced "vacation" to find his staff have jumped ship to the 10 o'clock news. His new staff include Emily Mortimer, Will's ex Mackenzie who he hasn't seen in 4 years. She brings with her John Gallagher Jr. aka Jim who clearly has a thing for Alison Pill's character Maggie the intern turned associate producer over night. I am not the biggest Arron Sorkin fan, I hated the Social Network, not only did it depict women in a bad light but my main problem with it was that I just couldn't sympathize at all with Jessie Eisenberg's character, Mark Zuckerberg. However, I did enjoy Studio 60 so I gave The Newsroom a shot. The beginning monoluge Jeff Daniels performs had me hooked! Now maybe this show appeals more to me as a Canadian because I don't have that Ra Ra my country thing, we just don't do that here, which I think many critics at first disliked the show for because it opened with Jeff Daniels speaking the truth about America's current stats which are that of a third world country. Don't get me wrong I don't dislike my neighbours down south, this was just great writing. Now for those of you who have watched many of Arron Srokin's other shows and films will see that there are several "Sorkinisms". Watch this supercut and you'll see. So if you can get over that. It's actually a good look behind the newsroom of the past 10 years in American breaking news.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Newsroom
My friends tell me I watch a lot of TV and it's true I do. I usually try and watch the first couple of episode of every new primetime show (not reality TV). I used to do this for work and now it's stuck. I actually enjoy watching all that TV, I would recommend it for all those would be or are producers, even directors out there. Not only does it help keep you current in TV watching ie. pop culture, it helps you know what networks are into and perhaps what you should be pitching to competitor networks. Also it's way easier to have a conversation with a stranger about TV, it's the same thing as asking someone what music they like.
Circling back to the topic of the post, Arron Sorkin's The Newsroom. It stars Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr. and Alison Pill. It centres around Jeff Daniels character Will McAvoy, the anchor of News Night. He has just come back from a forced "vacation" to find his staff have jumped ship to the 10 o'clock news. His new staff include Emily Mortimer, Will's ex Mackenzie who he hasn't seen in 4 years. She brings with her John Gallagher Jr. aka Jim who clearly has a thing for Alison Pill's character Maggie the intern turned associate producer over night. I am not the biggest Arron Sorkin fan, I hated the Social Network, not only did it depict women in a bad light but my main problem with it was that I just couldn't sympathize at all with Jessie Eisenberg's character, Mark Zuckerberg. However, I did enjoy Studio 60 so I gave The Newsroom a shot. The beginning monoluge Jeff Daniels performs had me hooked! Now maybe this show appeals more to me as a Canadian because I don't have that Ra Ra my country thing, we just don't do that here, which I think many critics at first disliked the show for because it opened with Jeff Daniels speaking the truth about America's current stats which are that of a third world country. Don't get me wrong I don't dislike my neighbours down south, this was just great writing. Now for those of you who have watched many of Arron Srokin's other shows and films will see that there are several "Sorkinisms". Watch this supercut and you'll see. So if you can get over that. It's actually a good look behind the newsroom of the past 10 years in American breaking news.
Circling back to the topic of the post, Arron Sorkin's The Newsroom. It stars Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr. and Alison Pill. It centres around Jeff Daniels character Will McAvoy, the anchor of News Night. He has just come back from a forced "vacation" to find his staff have jumped ship to the 10 o'clock news. His new staff include Emily Mortimer, Will's ex Mackenzie who he hasn't seen in 4 years. She brings with her John Gallagher Jr. aka Jim who clearly has a thing for Alison Pill's character Maggie the intern turned associate producer over night. I am not the biggest Arron Sorkin fan, I hated the Social Network, not only did it depict women in a bad light but my main problem with it was that I just couldn't sympathize at all with Jessie Eisenberg's character, Mark Zuckerberg. However, I did enjoy Studio 60 so I gave The Newsroom a shot. The beginning monoluge Jeff Daniels performs had me hooked! Now maybe this show appeals more to me as a Canadian because I don't have that Ra Ra my country thing, we just don't do that here, which I think many critics at first disliked the show for because it opened with Jeff Daniels speaking the truth about America's current stats which are that of a third world country. Don't get me wrong I don't dislike my neighbours down south, this was just great writing. Now for those of you who have watched many of Arron Srokin's other shows and films will see that there are several "Sorkinisms". Watch this supercut and you'll see. So if you can get over that. It's actually a good look behind the newsroom of the past 10 years in American breaking news.
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