In lieu of actual Studio 60 commentary...

[kellinator]

Questions I'd like to ask Aaron Sorkin: 

• So if Harriet's from Michigan, how come she's a Southern Baptist?
• Have you ever actually met any Christians besides Kristin Chenoweth?
• Speaking of, when is she going to get around to suing your ass?
• How did you ever get her to date your pompous ass in the first place anyway?
• Do you really think cocaine is less dangerous than alcohol?
• Are you back on the blow? Because you won't shut up about it.
• When exactly did you start believing your own hype?
• Did you realize there's a difference between witty and funny?
• Isn't it a little hypocritical of you to attack reality TV when you're mining so much of your work from your own life (and your ex-girlfriend)?
• Do you have any idea how ridiculous your obviously-referring-to-yourself-and-your-brilliance-and-doing-a-drama-set-at-the-UN dialogue sounds?
• Why does my fiance inexplicably love your smug, irritating, pretentious show?
  

Comments

[ariedana.livejournal.com]

I've already done my weekly Defense of Harriet in reannon's journal, so check there, since I'm too lazy to rehash. But on the other stuff...

- Blow is a HUGE part of the LA culture. Admittedly, I wasn't there long, but I didn't know a single person that didn't have a serious blow problem or was at least claiming to be recovering from a serious blow problem. And yes, most of them think it's safer than drinking. Being high and awake at all times is a valued commodity in the showbiz world, and coke doesn't wreck your looks like meth.
- Sorkin might have hid it well on "West Wing," but his ego was in full bloom on "Sports Night". And if TV producers and writers quit ripping off their own lives, no one would ever write another thing in LA. Hell, 90 percent of "Friends" was fact-based, and it lasted 10 years!
- Writers of scripted TV always make fun of reality TV. This is just one of those things that happens. It's always hypocritical. That's the biz.
- And yes, I still love this show. It's so LA that it gives me flashbacks on a weekly basis, and it's obnoxious as hell, and I realize 4/5 of America has never spent any time with broadcast media types and think it's either boring as hell or completely pretentious. I still love it, and I'll cry when it's cancelled after this year.