Aaron Sorkin hasn’t had a show on television in five years. Now, his latest project, The Newsroom, is premiering on HBO. It’s Sorkin’s corrective to cable news.
There’s been plenty of writing about it, from all angles: character studies, accuracy studies, interviews, grating interviews. Oh yeah, there are even some reviews.
Journalists love writing about Sorkin. He is arguably the best-known screenwriter in America. He has a distinct style. He is talented, opinionated and loquacious. There is a lot to agree or disagree with in his comments and work.
He also chooses his projects carefully: he only has ten writing credits on IMDb. It appears his eleventh will be adapting Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. (Sorry Ashton, you picked the wrong script.)
I’ve actually written something about Aaron Sorkin, as well. But, like his last work on TV, mine is also from 2007.
This was before Brief Wit, before I began writing on an ongoing basis.
I wrote this piece five years ago and couldn’t get it published.
I think it’s relevant to share now…
Brief Wit 