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Tag Archives: Aaron Sorkin
Dead Blogging ‘The Farnsworth Invention’ at Flat Earth Theatre
Well the Missus and I trundled out to Watertown’s Arsenal Center for the Arts yesterday to catch the Flat Earth Theatre production of The Farnsworth Invention and say, it was swell. From the website: From screenwriter/playwright Aaron Sorkin, who brought us … Continue reading
Aaron Sorkin + Leon Wieseltier = Get Me Outta Here!
From our Worst Nightmare desk The hardworking staff just received this email from The New Republic: That’s some pairing, yeah? You’ve got Sorkin, whose The Newsroom is the show about journalism that journalists love to hate, teamed up with Wieseltier, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, HBO, Leon Wieseltier, Pomposity Index, Smug-o-Meter, The New Republic, The Newsroom
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Everything You Need To Know About The New Season Of ‘The Newsroom’
HBO’s full page ad for The Newsroom in Friday’s New York Times: Pretentious? (Paging Aaron Sorkin, paging Mr. Aaron Sorkin.) Yes. Insufferable? (Paging Jeff Daniels, paging Mr. Jeff Daniels.) Yes. The hardworking staff will watch it? Yes. God help us.
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Sparker? Spitzker? Partzer? Vote Now!
CNN needs a pairniker (you know, like Bennifer or Brangelina) for Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer, whose new squawk show debuted Monday night. Representative sample (Aaron Sorkin division): Sorkin: “Sarah Palin is an idiot. C’mon – this is a remarkably, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Bennifer, Brangelina, CNN, Eliot Spitzer, Kathleen Parker, pairniker, Sarah Palin, squawk show
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