On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]>wrote:
> Because we have the benefit of hindsight, it's easier to make your > characters appear sharper because they pick up on every little aspect > of the BP Oil Spill that very few people could know about without a > lot of reading and research. > > And really, he is already teeing off on straw men. He can't have real > politicians on Newsnight, so he has to fictionalize it. > > I must say that I do enjoy the show, it's just weird sometimes watching it. > But, it would be even easier to make his characters appear super-sharp if he was just making shit up, wouldn't it? Like The West Wing, The Newsroom is about idealized people in a fictional universe. These are not the politicians, or journalists, we have, it is the ones we maybe could have if we were all a little smarter and better (and the world was a little simpler). He is not making documentaries with either program. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
