[Aaron Sorkin] [HBO] The Newsroom #1

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Op woensdag 1 augustus 2012 00:23 schreef Kleffe_Dop het volgende:
Kregen jullie bij het zien van de scène en interactie tussen Will en de psychiater ook een flasback naar Josh Lyman en de psychiater uit het tweede seizoen van The West Wing?

Josh Lyman: Why would the music have started it?
Stanley Keworth: Well, I know it's going to sound like I'm telling you that two plus two equals a bushel of potatoes, but at this moment, in your head, music is the same thing as...
Josh Lyman: ...as sirens. So that's going to be my reaction every time I hear music?
Stanley Keworth: No.
Josh Lyman: Why not?
Stanley Keworth: Because... we get better.

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Op woensdag 1 augustus 2012 00:23 schreef Kleffe_Dop het volgende:
Kregen jullie bij het zien van de scène en interactie tussen Will en de psychiater ook een flasback naar Josh Lyman en de psychiater uit het tweede seizoen van The West Wing?

Josh Lyman: Why would the music have started it?
Stanley Keworth: Well, I know it's going to sound like I'm telling you that two plus two equals a bushel of potatoes, but at this moment, in your head, music is the same thing as...
Josh Lyman: ...as sirens. So that's going to be my reaction every time I hear music?
Stanley Keworth: No.
Josh Lyman: Why not?
Stanley Keworth: Because... we get better.

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woensdag 1 augustus 2012 00:31 schreef BrainOverfloW het volgende:

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En ook een beetje de scene tussen Stanley en Bartlet omdat Bartlet ook slaapproblemen heeft. Ik heb sowieso het idee dat Sorkin bij The Newsroom meer zinnen/verhaallijnen recyclet dan bij Studio 60. Elke aflevering zitten er wel verwijzingen in.

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Op woensdag 1 augustus 2012 21:52 schreef NoCigar het volgende:
Ik heb net de eerste aflevering van Boss met kelsey grammer (Frasier) gezien. Ook snel Amerikaans politiek drama over de burgemeester van Chicago, maar dan zonder de flauwe humor en een stuk harder. Misschien ook een tip voor deze of gene.

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Aaron Sorkin hiring conservative 'Newsroom' consultants

Aaron Sorkin is seeking some conservative insight for the second season of HBO’s The Newsroom.

The acclaimed writer is hiring media consultants of all political stripes to help advise the show’s writing process, The Newsroom creator told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour in Beverly Hills on Wednesday. The consultants will be from TV, print, and online media disciplines and represent “every part of the ideological spectrum.” Sorkin said the hires will lend some real-world newsroom experience and give the show “a political perspective that I don’t have.”

“I have some really bright interesting conservative minds who have worked in conservative politics that will help me bolster some conservative arguments at those moments that we’re talking about politics,” Sorkin said after the show’s panel. “I don’t know yet exactly the timeline of when season 2 takes place, but I would be extremely surprised if it didn’t include the election and the conventions. So there’s going to be those kind of [political] arguments coming up.”

Sorkin was then asked if he felt the first season of The Newsroom was weaker because of a lack of conservative consultants.

“I don’t,” the writer replied.

Before HBO’s press tour panel for The Newsroom started, one question circling the room was: Will critics of the series be as nasty in person toward Sorkin as they have been toward his show?

The reporters were quite respectful, however. And before they had much of a chance to grill Sorkin, the writer went on the offensive, saying a widely cited media report incorrectly claimed he fired his writing staff. “A couple of weeks ago, an un-sourced and untrue story appeared on the Internet that got repeated all over the place,” Sorkin said. “The writing staff was not fired … just seeing that in print is scaring the hell out of the writing staff. They’re acting very strange — they’re coming to work early, they’re being polite to me. I want the old gang back. I love the writing staff.”

Last month, an online publication claimed Sorkin had fired nearly all of The Newsroom writers. At the time, an HBO source confirmed some writers were being let go, but said that the body count wasn’t as high as what had been reported. Sorkin told reporters Wednesday that “a couple” staff changes were made, including some promotions. Sorkin also noted that the original report identified one staff writer as his “ex-girlfriend,” a characterization he said is incorrect.

Sorkin then defended the depiction of female characters on The Newsroom against one critic’s assertion that women are described as smart yet act dumb. “I completely respect that opinion but I 100 percent disagree,” Sorkin said. “I think the female characters are the equals of the men … I think they’re not just talked about being good at their job, we plainly see they’re good at their job.”

Sorkin gave a few examples of female characters making strong decisions on the show, then noted, “once you’ve nailed down [that a character is smart] you can have them slip on as many banana peels as you want.”

After the panel, Sorkin was asked about the viral YouTube video that showed the writer’s tendency to use certain phrases over and over again in his work.

“I really liked it,” he said, and jokingly explained: “I have a very limited imagination.”

Bron

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Op maandag 6 augustus 2012 22:21 schreef Breuls het volgende:
Hij was weer goed!

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Op dinsdag 7 augustus 2012 20:10 schreef Markeerstift het volgende:
Ik vind Sam Waterston zo schattig, de manier waarop hij praat. Met zijn hoofd een beetje heen en hoe hij dan bijvoorbeeld brengt dat Will weer in de tabloids staat.

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Op woensdag 8 augustus 2012 23:19 schreef Santello het volgende:
Will hoort een stoere gozer te zijn die de grote baas is.

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Op maandag 6 augustus 2012 22:55 schreef PdeHoog het volgende:

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Mijn idee ook ja. Ik snap de negatieve reacties niet goed eigenlijk