Agreed. I like it and watch it, but feel like I'm tolerating its benign Sorkin-ness which appears to have all the usual earnest outrage but 50 percent less wit per script on this series. I should add that one of the pleasant surprises of this season is the younger Streep daughter, Grace Gummer, as Hallie, the conflicted gal reporter on the Romney campaign. Grace and older sibling Mamie definitely got the good thespian gene from mom.
On Monday, August 12, 2013 3:03:28 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I'm sure Dave will have much to say if he is still "hate-watching" >> this Sorkin series, but we haven't had much chatter about it here yet. >> I'm caught up through last night's episode. The writing and acting are >> still crisp and smart, but I do have one criticism with the second >> season so-far... >> >> It is depressing the sh*t out of me. >> >> Seriously, I wouldn't be shocked if next week's episode features a >> puppy being sliced in half with a chainsaw. I don't know what demons >> Aaron Sorkin needs to exorcise, but I hope he snapped out of his funk >> before he finished writing this season of episodes. In his Daily Show >> interview he said this season he wanted to focus on what happens when >> a trusted media outlet gets it wrong. Apparently he feels they get it >> wrong when they all brood and sulk and cry and bitch and moan and >> whine and get shot at. >> >> To use Sorkin's own words against him: You know what they did? They >> forgot to bring the funny. > > > I actually think season 2 is a significant improvement over season 1 so > far - a lot of that has been how much the Maggie character, who by the end > of season 1 was a threat to go full Harriet Hayes on the obnoxious scale, > has been insulated from some of the other promising characters. Newsroom is > still second-tier boutique drama, and almost everyone I know who watches it > does so not so much as a guilty pleasure, but kind of a cranky pleasure, > appreciating it for its flashes of brilliance, but constantly hearing that > nagging voice in their head noting how much better the show really should > be. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
