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March 11, 2013

The White, White World of Aaron Sorkin
— Ace

This Aaron Sorkin supercut demonstrates that he recycles the same lines over and over again throughout all the shows and movies he writes. But it also demonstrates something else: Everyone in Aaron Sorkin's ideal fantasy worlds is white, except for Dule Hill, D.L. Hughely, and Benson.

To be fair, Aaron Sorkin did write a juicy role for a black person in A Few Good Men (Murder Suspect)
— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013

More crap like this here.

Some of Aaron Sorkin's best friends are people he won't put in his TV shows.
— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013

The other thing I noticed is that Aaron Sorkin is just stuff he ripped off of David Mamet's early work mixed with "Friends." From David Mamet he took the dialogue that alternates between artificially clipped and artificially long as well as New Faux City sayings he's heard Ethnics say on TV ("Not for nothin'"). The "Friends" part is the sitcomy Cutesy Banter, the Sassy Catchphrasing, and the frequent Reversions to Childhoood (raspberries, head-slaps, sticking out of tongues).

Sick day: I'm really sick so I'm going to be link blogging. My brain don't work too good today.

Posted by: Ace at 09:50 AM | Comments (229)
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1 I think ace just made a plea for open bloggers!
Quick someone get CBD, we need a day of food threads.

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 11, 2013 09:52 AM (weUz9)

2 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 09:52 AM (4OvDk)

TaDa!

Oh, and whiskey for what ails ya. It's all good...

Posted by: Jess1 at March 11, 2013 09:53 AM (lbiWb)

4 Ace got the AID!

Posted by: Winston at March 11, 2013 09:53 AM (FggW0)

5 I believe I once had an auto mechanic that was black.

Posted by: Aaron Sorkin at March 11, 2013 09:53 AM (8ZskC)

6 Sick day: I'm really sick so I'm going to be link blogging. My brain don't work too good today. You could link that blog I don't have. I have a rant about Boehner and the House "Leadership" selling out conservatives from BigGovernment up. Or would, if I had a blog. Which I don't. So I can't.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 09:53 AM (4OvDk)

7 I once bought cigarettes on the black market, so there's that.

Posted by: Aaron Sorkin at March 11, 2013 09:55 AM (8ZskC)

8 Sarah Hoyt has a good post up today about her personal experience with public schooling.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 11, 2013 09:55 AM (QF8uk)

9 Nyquil (nitetime) and valu-rite vodka!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at March 11, 2013 09:55 AM (UrENZ)

10
I remembered to reset every clock except for my Alarm clock. * slaps head * I was an hour+ late to work/cyber-loafing today.

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 11, 2013 09:56 AM (UypUQ)

11 Anyone else think that "sorkin" is something that would require NeoSporin?

Posted by: Jess1 at March 11, 2013 09:56 AM (lbiWb)

12 My kid used to go around saying "Whachoo talkin' 'bout, Willis" and I never tried to stop him.

Posted by: Aaron Sorkin at March 11, 2013 09:56 AM (8ZskC)

13 Well, if I had dug through a buncha Aaron Sorkin's craptacular output, I'd be feeling pretty sick too.

Coupla swigs of ValuRite should fix ya up...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 11, 2013 09:56 AM (wtvvX)

14 I'm sick and tired also. I call it Monday, ten years away from retirement. Crap.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at March 11, 2013 09:56 AM (71LDo)

15 Sorkin only fades to white , baby...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 11, 2013 09:58 AM (wtvvX)

16 There are blizzards that aren't as white as Aaron Sorkin and his friends. I'm looking at a styrofoam cup that just looked at me and said, "D*mn, Aaron Sorkin is white."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 09:58 AM (4OvDk)

17 What the hell is an Aaron Shorkin?

Posted by: maddogg at March 11, 2013 09:58 AM (OlN4e)

18 And the experts tell me that 1:30PM on Wednesday is the most depressing time of the week. We have that to look forward to at least.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at March 11, 2013 09:59 AM (71LDo)

19 Yes, I am a dipshit.

Posted by: aaron someone or other at March 11, 2013 09:59 AM (ORGYc)

20 Awww, feel better, ace.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 09:59 AM (4df7R)

21 Btw, I think Twitchy ought to take some of their best content and make 30-second ads for television. I think the short back and forth of those would make great pithy attack ads.

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 11, 2013 09:59 AM (UypUQ)

22 I'll bet Sorkin always leaves leftovers on his desk for the cleaning crew.

Posted by: mallfly at March 11, 2013 09:59 AM (bJm7W)

23 What the hell is an Aaron Shorkin? A kind of albino weasel.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 09:59 AM (4OvDk)

24 Hey!
Some of my BEST friends know black people.

Posted by: Aaron Sorkin at March 11, 2013 09:59 AM (QM5S2)

25 Feel better soon, Ace.

Posted by: wheatie at March 11, 2013 10:00 AM (2xMNt)

26 "I'm looking at a styrofoam cup that just looked at me and said, "D*mn, Aaron Sorkin is white."

If it's bigger than 16 ounces, we could be rid of him once and for all.

Posted by: Papa Smurf Bloomberg at March 11, 2013 10:00 AM (71LDo)

27 Rest up Ace! Hope you feel better.

Posted by: Heralder at March 11, 2013 10:00 AM (+xmn4)

28 I'll bet Sorkin always leaves leftovers on his desk for the cleaning crew. His cleaning crew is Brownies (the faery, not the small children)?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:00 AM (4OvDk)

29 You're forgetting Robert Guillome (Benson from "Benson" and "Soap") who was the boss of white people on "SportsNight" _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 11, 2013 10:00 AM (9P+hO)

30
Sick day: I'm really sick so I'm going to be link blogging.

HotAir hardest hit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2013 10:00 AM (TIIx5)

31 maybe it's a tumor....

Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla, soup cooler at March 11, 2013 10:01 AM (Dll6b)

32 Sorkin probably has no problem advising people what kind of wine goes nest with KFC.

Posted by: mallfly at March 11, 2013 10:01 AM (bJm7W)

33 >>21 Btw, I think Twitchy ought to take some of their best content and make 30-second ads for television. I think the short back and forth of those would make great pithy attack ads.<<

Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 11, 2013 10:01 AM (KjlbF)

34 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2013 02:00 PM (TIIx5) ISWYDT

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:01 AM (4OvDk)

35 Hell, Ace is such a pussy. I got hit and killed by a semi Saturday, and I STILL made it to work today.

Posted by: maddogg at March 11, 2013 10:01 AM (OlN4e)

36 Is it true that an outbreak of weasel fever is hitting NYC?

Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (ORGYc)

37 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts? Warwick Davis [/duh]

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (4OvDk)

38 @33: PeeWee Herman?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (wtvvX)

39 Aaron Sokin has been to every Great White concert. Every. One.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (UrENZ)

40 I'm looking at a styrofoam cup that just looked at me and said, "D*mn, Aaron Sorkin is white."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 01:58 PM (4OvDk)

lol!

You know, I just realized what Aaron Sorkin television and cinema reminds me of. You know how in the "Star Wars" prequels you get a lot of boring walking and talking, with no real action outside of the occasional highly choreographed lightsaber duel, during which you pray both sides end up dead?

Take out the lightsaber duels and replace them with shouted conversations with big arm gestures and you've described every single thing Aaron Sorkin has ever written.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (4df7R)

#30,

Winnawinnachickendi.... aw heck, you know the rest.

Well played, sir.

Posted by: Jess1 at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (lbiWb)

42 "Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts?"

That guy from the Wonder Years. Or any Monty Python alum.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (71LDo)

43 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts?

Posted by: Muad'dib

Warwick Davis?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 11, 2013 10:02 AM (/T+P8)

44 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts?
Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 10:03 AM (ORGYc)

45 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts? Brian Dennehy. Ah, you're right. Brian Dennehy playing the part of Warwick Davis.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:03 AM (4OvDk)

46 also, Aaron Sorkin also wrote "227" under the pen name "Malik Sudeen" _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 11, 2013 10:03 AM (9P+hO)

47 March 12th is protest Aaron Sorkin day. Classes cancelled.

Posted by: Oberlin College at March 11, 2013 10:03 AM (wIgpo)

48 maybe it's a tumor.... Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla, soup cooler at March 11, 2013 02:01 PM (Dll6b) ------------------------------------------------------------ IT'S NAWT A TOOOOOMUH!

Posted by: Kindergarten Cop at March 11, 2013 10:04 AM (jucos)

49 Sick? Perfect time to DVR some random TV show and write an epic length Nyquil-addled review. Stream of unconsciousness stuff. Let your freak flag transform into a scary monster and fly you to OZ.

Posted by: epobirs at March 11, 2013 10:04 AM (kcfmt)

Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts?

Abe Vigoda. I have it on good authority he's still alive.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:04 AM (4df7R)

51 Ace is sick? Free advice time! Get you some chicken soup, throw it away, and just drink heavily. You'll still be sick, but for a while, you'll feel better.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 11, 2013 10:04 AM (eyJh9)

52 All that bleeding from every orafice is getting annoying though......

Posted by: maddogg at March 11, 2013 10:04 AM (OlN4e)

53 44 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts?
Brian Dennehy.

We regret that Brian is unfortunately in China being retrofitted as the Titanic II.

Posted by: Brian Dennehy's Agents at March 11, 2013 10:05 AM (71LDo)

54 re the Carola rant: I think Gavin Newsome went to the very exclusive private school at 2700 Jackson Street at the hyper-pricey crest of Pacific Heights --which has an amazing view of S.F. Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge

you know the place: In "Bullet" it was the house where McQueen went to a chic party near the beginning of the movie. It was later razed to create small elite school with a playground on the roof

Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla, soup cooler at March 11, 2013 10:05 AM (Dll6b)

55 All that bleeding from every orafice is getting annoying though...... So you got hit by a truck and it gave you Ebola? Dude, that sucks.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:05 AM (4OvDk)

56 Brian Dennehy playing the part of Warwick Davis.
While Being John Malkovich.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 10:05 AM (ORGYc)

"Take out the lightsaber duels and replace them with shouted conversations "

you forgot the "have the camera go with actors walking really really fast (bc important people walk fast)" part...

Posted by: Jess1 at March 11, 2013 10:05 AM (lbiWb)

58
with no real action outside of the occasional highly choreographed lightsaber duel

The prequel duels look cool on the first go round, but when you see 'em a second time they suck. Lots of spinning sabers for show, and most damning, the dominant fencing technique seems to be "turn your back to the enemy and swing your lightsaber over your shoulder".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2013 10:06 AM (TIIx5)

59 I was thinking Sheldon Cooper would be awesome for the voice overs.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 11, 2013 10:06 AM (KjlbF)

"You'll still be sick, but for a while, you'll feel better"

Or won't care. Get's my vote.

Posted by: Jess1 at March 11, 2013 10:06 AM (lbiWb)

61 So you got hit by a truck and it gave you Ebola? Dude, that sucks.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 02:05 PM (4OvDk)

No step for a stepper. Gotta man up sometimes....

Posted by: maddogg at March 11, 2013 10:06 AM (OlN4e)

62 Brian Dennehy playing the part of Warwick Davis. While Being John Malkovich. Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 02:05 PM (ORGYc) ------------------------------------------------------------ Where does Nick Searcey fit into all of this?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 11, 2013 10:06 AM (jucos)

That video is a hoot.

Sorkin recycles his phrases as much as Barky does.

Posted by: wheatie at March 11, 2013 10:07 AM (2xMNt)

64 Posted by: Jess1 at March 11, 2013 02:05 PM (lbiWb)

I remember when House mocked that TV trope by having them walk in a circle back to his office.
One of the underlings asked "Why did we just to that?"
House's response: "Walking is exciting."

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at March 11, 2013 10:07 AM (weUz9)

65 Doctor Sheldon Cooper, Mister Muad'dib.

Posted by: dr. sheldon cooper at March 11, 2013 10:07 AM (ORGYc)

66 The prequel duels look cool on the first go round, but when you see 'em a second time they suck. Lots of spinning sabers for show, and most damning, the dominant fencing technique seems to be "turn your back to the enemy and swing your lightsaber over your shoulder". The ones in Phantom Menace (I know, I know) actually stand up pretty well, if you accept some "Jedi are just that Kewl" as the premise. After that, not so much. Almost like the lead fight choreographer/stunt coordinator and the Producer/Director had a big falling out.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:08 AM (4OvDk)

67 Sorkin recycles his phrases as much as Barky does.

Posted by: wheatie at March 11, 2013 02:07 PM (2xMNt)

Just a matter of time before Sorkin is writing Bammy's speeches. It'll be a recyclepalooza of tired language.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:08 AM (4df7R)

68 Has Sorkin written any Magic Negro stuff?

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 10:08 AM (8sCoq)

69 The voiceover dude for The Wonder Years was Daniel Stern.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 11, 2013 10:08 AM (jucos)

70 Has Sorkin written any Magic Negro stuff? Someone pointed out Sports Night.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:09 AM (4OvDk)

71 >Sorkin recycles his phrases as much as Barky does. Remember TFG and countries 'punching above their weight'? Ah, the classics...

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 10:09 AM (8sCoq)

Has Sorkin written any Magic Negro stuff?

Someone pointed out Sports Night.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 02:09 PM (4OvDk)

Yep. Gotta have some Magic Negro or it's not a regressive wet dream.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:09 AM (4df7R)

73 >>65 Doctor Sheldon Cooper, Mister Muad'dib.

Posted by: dr. sheldon cooper at March 11, 2013 02:07 PM (ORGYc) <<

I stand corrected. Also, I stand and salute your hash.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 11, 2013 10:09 AM (KjlbF)

74 Twitter snark: The other white meat.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:10 AM (QupBk)

75 I loved SportsNight. It was one of the best shows on at the time. I have all the episodes on DVD. It really was a smart show.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 11, 2013 10:11 AM (9U1OG)

Which is white: Aaron Sorkin's oeuvre* or SXSW?

*That's twice in one day I've gotten to use that word. Go me!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:11 AM (4df7R)

77 Where does Nick Searcey fit into all of this?
He'd be the boss.

Re. House: I watched that episode just last night; and there was also the episode where the documentarian was covering the team in action and House walked down the hall on purpose discussing an issue with the team telling the film crew he was helping them as it gives the illusion of the plot moving forward.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 10:11 AM (ORGYc)

78 @68: Dule Hill in The West Wing was sort of a bearded Spock Magic Negro, in which the white libs on the show helped *him* get *his* life on track.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2013 10:12 AM (B/VB5)

79 Local High School is on lockdown because a guy who lives nowhere near it but is in the same town came out of his house and fired two shots into two cars in his driveway then went back inside. My theory is he's writing up a reply comment about penetration of cars on Box of Truth right about now. developing....

Posted by: Bigby's Force Choke at March 11, 2013 10:12 AM (cdwbr)

80 Forrest Whitaker frisked in a Manhattan deli. Store clerks didn't know he was an actor because they didn't see him in "Moneyball"

http://tinyurl.com/a63l4n4

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 10:12 AM (mCvL4)

81 That should be, "Which is whiter?" I got so excited about being multilingual that I forgot how to write english good.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:12 AM (4df7R)

82 Dude, you are always sick.

Time for some lifestyle changes or something different.

Posted by: Marcus at March 11, 2013 10:13 AM (GGCsk)

83 Aaron Sorkin, Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith all have this penchant for rapid fire, awkward as fuck dialogue that has never occurred in human conversation. Fucking annoying.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 11, 2013 10:13 AM (VYmKX)

84 "goodly"; "write" is a verb.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 10:14 AM (ORGYc)

67 Sorkin recycles his phrases as much as Barky does.
Posted by: wheatie at March 11, 2013 02:07 PM (2xMNt)

Just a matter of time before Sorkin is writing Bammy's speeches. It'll be a recyclepalooza of tired language.

-------

A clichÃ©-o-rama.

Although it would be great to see Barky cluck like a chicken.

Posted by: wheatie at March 11, 2013 10:15 AM (2xMNt)

86 Local High School is on lockdown because a guy who lives nowhere near it but is in the same town came out of his house and fired two shots into two cars in his driveway then went back inside. The first workday after the switch to Daylight Savings Time is second only to Super Bowl Sunday for violence against women and vehicular assault. signed, National Organization for Women

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at March 11, 2013 10:15 AM (feFL6)

87 Fucking annoying.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 11, 2013 02:13 PM (VYmKX)

Interestingly enough, the most common phrase used when describing the works of Aaron Sorkin, Quentin Tarantino, and Kevin Smith.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:15 AM (4df7R)

88 Time for some lifestyle changes or something different. He should start buying export grade Valu-Rite.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 11, 2013 10:15 AM (eyJh9)

89 Reversions to Childhoood (raspberries, head-slaps Head-slaps? I hear that Leroy Jethro Gibbs is looking for you, Ace.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at March 11, 2013 10:15 AM (1hM1d)

90 What's whiter- my untanned ass or Aaron Sorkin's shows?

Aaron Sorkin's shows of course. Even my ass gets tanned every so often.

Posted by: Marcus at March 11, 2013 10:15 AM (GGCsk)

91 Her eyes blue as the sky, her lips a deep crimson, her teeth whiter than Aaron Sorkin's fraternity reunion party

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 10:16 AM (mCvL4)

92
The ones in Phantom Menace (I know, I know) actually stand up pretty well, if you accept some "Jedi are just that Kewl" as the premise. After that, not so much.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 02:08 PM (4OvDk)

Actually I was thinking of Darth Maul. Watch the final fight with Obi Wan in slow motion. At least a third of the time DM has his back turned at his Jedi adversary. What kind of idiot warrior turns his back on his enemy during hand-to-hand combat? Dumb bastard deserved to get ginsu'd.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2013 10:16 AM (TIIx5)

93 Which is whiter: Aaron Sorkin's combined works, or the entire MSNBC lineup?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:17 AM (4df7R)

94 Enjoying an Aaron Sorkin show is about as difficult as trying to find the cast in a snow storm.

Posted by: Hey-Zeus at March 11, 2013 10:17 AM (rQs7E)

95 Aaron Sorkin, Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith all have this penchant for rapid fire, awkward as fuck dialogue that has never occurred in human conversation. Me and the guy in the ~~cell~~ officelet next to me can get those going. Strange half sentences mixed liberally with 'fuck' and 'cocksuckers'.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:17 AM (QupBk)

96 SportsNight's chief of ops was Isaac Jaffe, played by a black guy. Guillame had a stroke in real life, that was worked into the story arc. William H. Macy played a great fill-in character. Guillame made some appearances post stroke. No Magic Negro stuff. Which is odd for a guy who looks like salted cod served on lefse with mayo. _

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 11, 2013 10:17 AM (9P+hO)

71 >Sorkin recycles his phrases as much as Barky does.

Remember TFG and countries 'punching above their weight'? Ah, the classics...

----------

Yeah, that one is a classic.

There are a lot of them, too...like:

"Let me be clear"

"Fair share"

Posted by: wheatie at March 11, 2013 10:18 AM (2xMNt)

98 This is off topic but fascinating nonetheless. J. Severin is recounting his experience flying home from Texas over the weekend. It sounds horrendous. Oddly enough, know no less than 4 people who flew different places this weekend from various cities and they had not a single problem. So this story is interesting cause it sounds as though some one knew he was a conservative beckian talker.

Posted by: Snarky the Bear at March 11, 2013 10:18 AM (/b8+5)

99 Me and the guy in the cell officelet next to me can get those going. Strange half sentences mixed liberally with 'fuck' and 'cocksuckers'.

Posted by: toby928Â© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 02:17 PM (QupBk)

So basically an HQ comment thread?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:18 AM (4df7R)

100 que es mas blanco Sorkin or Edgar Winter

Posted by: Bigby's Force Choke at March 11, 2013 10:18 AM (cdwbr)

101

Well the blog software ate my post. Try again:

More rat turds from our beloved governments who only have our best interests at heart.

http://tinyurl.com/aa58j4f

Posted by: maddogg at March 11, 2013 10:18 AM (OlN4e)

102 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts? Warwick Davis :p

Posted by: Buzzion at March 11, 2013 10:18 AM (q5Pl3)

103 Haven't we talked about this aspect of Sorkin before? Like about six months ago?

Posted by: Soona at March 11, 2013 10:19 AM (JX3Ol)

104 So basically an HQ comment thread? Touche. Fuck.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:19 AM (QupBk)

105 The theft of more than $433,000 by a former local treasurer was covered up by the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) because the union feared the Â“potential impact on membership and loss of members,Â” according to an insurance claim document obtained by the Salisbury Daily Times.

Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at March 11, 2013 10:19 AM (e8kgV)

106 Aaron Sorkin is a cornball whitey.

Posted by: eleven at March 11, 2013 10:20 AM (KXm42)

107 Haven't we talked about this aspect of Sorkin before? Like about six months ago?

Posted by: Soona at March 11, 2013 02:19 PM (JX3Ol)

I don't know if we mentioned the overwhelming whiteness of his various projects. I remember threads about how fucking BORING his stuff is, and how his latest show (The Newsroom?) was a big load of shit that only had an audience because people thought it was cool to watch Sorkin.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:20 AM (4df7R)

108 [IU]Sick day: I'm really sick so I'm going to be link blogging. My brain don't work too good today.

It's the fucking time change; those congressional cocksuckers have screwed up everything. I blame that asswipe Boehner.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 10:21 AM (3KlUj)

109 In Liberal Land:
Abortion = my body my choice
Sugar, non taxed narcotics, constitutional right to keep arms, etc. =TEH PEOPLEZ WILL HURT THEMSELVES CAN WE HAZ BAN 4 GREATER GUD?!!111

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at March 11, 2013 10:21 AM (KCvsd)

110 No Magic Negro stuff. Which is odd for a guy who looks like salted cod served on lefse with mayo. Yeah, Sorkin generally writes blacks fine when they do appear. It's women that he gets out the knives for.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2013 10:21 AM (B/VB5)

111 It's the fucking time change; those congressional cocksuckers have screwed up everything. I blame that asswipe Boehner.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 02:21 PM (3KlUj)

And the Sequester.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:21 AM (4df7R)

112 75 I loved SportsNight. It was one of the best shows on at the time. I have all the episodes on DVD. It really was a smart show. Posted by: Jaimo at March 11, 2013 02:11 PM

I'd have loved to be on that show. I could decry racism in sports without having to smell the black guy next to me. That guy that played Benson could make me laugh while bringing me a cappuccino

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at March 11, 2013 10:21 AM (mCvL4)

113 by the mid point of 'West Wing' - which I enjoyed a lot (it was more a rebuke of the Clinton Administration than a critique of Republicans) Sorkin had started writing dialogue that had the characters speaking more softly ... and then more softly ... them sotto voce. By the last season it was almost like they were communicating via facial expressions.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 11, 2013 10:21 AM (9P+hO)

114 Get better, ace.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at March 11, 2013 10:22 AM (5H6zj)

115 ::: Sick day: I'm really sick so I'm going to be link blogging. My brain don't work too good today.::: So you're going to be Hot Air? I thought of doing that, once. Just post a video and write "Indeed," or "Heh." Fucking. Genious.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 11, 2013 10:22 AM (VYmKX)

116 And the Sequester. Dammit. That explains much. I lost 2% of my weekend.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:22 AM (QupBk)

117 Jameson Irish Whiskey. It cures many ills.

Posted by: Navy Seal at March 11, 2013 10:22 AM (KUF0C)

118 There are a lot of them, too...like: "Let me be clear" "Fair share" You left out: Me, Mine, My, and I. Apparently his favorite words in the English language.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 11, 2013 10:23 AM (eyJh9)

119 the sitcomy Cutesy Banter, the Sassy Catchphrasing, and the frequent Reversions to Childhoood (raspberries, head-slaps, sticking out of tongues).

Serious You Guys! *stompy boots*

I had to look up Sorkin. Drug addict who once fucked MoDo...and he looks exactly like you'd imagine that would look. The only thing on his filmography I've seen is A Few Good Men and I plead "college roommate who had a thing for Tom Cruise."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at March 11, 2013 10:23 AM (/kI1Q)

120
Sick day: I'm really sick so I'm going to be link blogging. My brain don't work too good today.

Do we have rules of succession in case the Ewok passes? Not wishin', just askin'.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at March 11, 2013 10:23 AM (kqqGm)

121 You can't make an omlet without breaking a few ouevres.

Posted by: eleven at March 11, 2013 10:24 AM (KXm42)

122 Do we have rules of succession in case the Ewok passes? Not wishin', just askin'. Drew is the executor. Be afraid.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:24 AM (QupBk)

123 By the last season it was almost like they were communicating via facial expressions.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 11, 2013 02:21 PM (9P+hO)

"The subtle facial tics and abbreviated hand gestures of the Common Sorkian in the wild are easily translated with just a little practice..."

-Fake David Attenborough

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:24 AM (4df7R)

124 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 11, 2013 02:01 PM (KjlbF)

Crispin Glover

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 10:24 AM (3KlUj)

125 Time for some lifestyle changes or something different. I keep trying to convince him to come to Texas. Actually I was thinking of Darth Maul. Watch the final fight with Obi Wan in slow motion. Well there's your problem. Two things to remember: 1) It's stage fighting. Watch even a well choreographed stage fight on, well, stage. They do the same kind of thing- it makes it look more exciting. 2) I've actually seen some guys (who, I'm told, were pretty good) using Bo staff (which, for better or worse, was how Maul used that double-bladed lightsaber). They can actually get away with that, some.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 11, 2013 10:24 AM (4OvDk)

126 Hors d'ouevres

Posted by: eleven at March 11, 2013 10:24 AM (KXm42)

127 What do you think of Obama pardoning the sequester and sending it to Portugal?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXOV_XWJck#!

Posted by: Alexander Graham Bell at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (e8kgV)

128 I'm sick and tired also. I call it Monday, ten years away from retirement. Crap.

A long time ago I figured that I was going to retire straight into a pine box.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (kqqGm)

129 Liberalism.

Where hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (xmcEQ)

130 By the last season it was almost like they were communicating via facial expressions. Sorkin wasn't involved in the last 2 seasons. That's why the Republicans became more well-rounded in those episodes.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (B/VB5)

131 "Just a matter of time before Sorkin is writing Bammy's speeches. It'll be a recyclepalooza of tired language."

Obama's already lifted lines from Sorkin's "The American President".

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (0/zfR)

132 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts? Michael Dorn

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (QupBk)

133 :::107 Haven't we talked about this aspect of Sorkin before? Like about six months ago? :::: Yes. In fact, the exact same video was posted. The difference is that Ace is now also pointing out his racism. It's not a repeat. It's a VALUE-ADDED enhancement.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (VYmKX)

134 Dammit. That explains much. I lost 2% of my weekend.

Posted by: toby928Â© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 02:22 PM (QupBk)

I know, right? Fucking Sequester. Furloughed my ass out of a whole hour of sleep.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:25 AM (4df7R)

135 Retirement? What the fuck is that?

Posted by: eleven at March 11, 2013 10:26 AM (KXm42)

136 A long time ago I figured that I was going to retire straight into a pine box. You're planning on a box? I figured I'm for a shallow grave on some logging road.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:26 AM (QupBk)

137 BTW, that sidebar article by Driscoll is magnificent.

Granted, it's a lot of quoting, but he puts good stuff together, especially an article by Prager showing how victims are the cruelest people.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 11, 2013 10:26 AM (T0NGe)

138 What's whiter- my untanned ass or Aaron Sorkin's shows? Aaron Sorkin's shows of course. Even my ass gets tanned every so often. What's whiter? Aaron Sorkin's shows or Star Wars Stormtroopers uniforms?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2013 10:26 AM (GFM2b)

139 Mamet/Sorkin mashup. Trailer of Glengarry set to the Friends theme

http://tinyurl.com/b9n84oo

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 10:26 AM (mCvL4)

140 Chavez IS The People!

Posted by: The Question Man at March 11, 2013 10:27 AM (3w4WK)

141 I've actually seen some guys (who, I'm told, were pretty good) using Bo staff (which, for better or worse, was how Maul used that double-bladed lightsaber). They can actually get away with that, some. I'm an expert with the bo staff.

Posted by: Napoleon Dynamite at March 11, 2013 10:27 AM (eyJh9)

142 Private Santiago, for the five seconds he was on, was Puerto Rican, later he was Malik Yoba's partner on NY Undercover, which really featured a panoply of Russell Simmon's conspiracies about the CIA, and other crazyness.

Posted by: archie goodwin at March 11, 2013 10:27 AM (Jsiw/)

143 I know, right? Fucking Sequester. Furloughed my ass out of a whole hour of sleep. I just got up an hour later. Just sayin'.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2013 10:28 AM (GFM2b)

144 Isn't Sorkin just doing the same thing Bochco did 30 years ago, just lily-white and feminized?

Posted by: zsasz at March 11, 2013 10:28 AM (MMC8r)

145 Which is whiter: Aaron Sorkin's various projects, or Organizing for America's office staff?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:28 AM (4df7R)

146 A long time ago I figured that I was going to retire straight into a pine box.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at March 11, 2013 02:25 PM (kqqGm)

"Pine Box", great song by Paul Westerberg

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 10:28 AM (3KlUj)

147 Aaron Sorkin was approached by JJ Abrams to write the screenplay for Star Trek XI, but they were unable to sign Vanessa Williams to play Lt Uhura

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 10:28 AM (mCvL4)

148 >Jameson Irish Whiskey. It cures many ills. Heh.

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 10:28 AM (8sCoq)

149 A long time ago I figured that I was going to retire straight into a pine box. According to paragraph 3, line 321, of the Affordable Care Act, the 'first use' of agricultural products for patients deemed by a committee to be 'no longer among the living' is prohibited.

Posted by: Congressional Critter [/i] at March 11, 2013 10:29 AM (feFL6)

150 :::136 A long time ago I figured that I was going to retire straight into a pine box. You're planning on a box? I figured I'm for a shallow grave on some logging road. Posted by: toby928Â© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 02:26 PM (QupBk):::: Luxury. I've arranged to be stuffed and mounted at my office workstation.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 11, 2013 10:29 AM (VYmKX)

151 The voiceover would be incomprehensible Ewok speak, with a translation by Anthony Daniels.

Posted by: epobirs at March 11, 2013 10:29 AM (kcfmt)

152

Look up the word "pretentious" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of Aaron Sorkin.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:29 AM (4df7R)

153 >Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts? There is only one choice: Brian Dennehy

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 10:29 AM (8sCoq)

154 >Look up the word "pretentious" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of Aaron Sorkin. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 11, 2013 02:29 PM (4df7R) Funny, mine has him on the 'douchebag' entry

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 10:30 AM (8sCoq)

155 >>I've arranged to be stuffed and mounted at my office workstation.<<

Would that result in higher or lower net productivity?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 11, 2013 10:30 AM (KjlbF)

156 I've got a 'thing' for Tiny Tom Cruise, IYKWIM

Posted by: Ashley Puffy Judd, stoned again at March 11, 2013 10:31 AM (Dll6b)

157 Finally saw the Star Trek reboot -- very dissappoint.

Posted by: eleven at March 11, 2013 10:31 AM (KXm42)

158 I'm an expert with the bo staff.

They get paid six figures to pick up my shit.

Posted by: Bo SCOAMF at March 11, 2013 10:31 AM (/kI1Q)

159 I've arranged to be stuffed and mounted at my office workstation. I'm going to have myself kibbled, and sold as Aplo brand 'meaty nuggets' dog food.

Posted by: Napoleon Dynamite at March 11, 2013 10:31 AM (eyJh9)

160 Aaron Sorkin would make a good zombie. Plus, there is a shortage of chubby zombies, so they really need him.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 11, 2013 10:31 AM (3VhRQ)

161 OT: 2 US troops killed by another "insider attack" in Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/cdd3ljm

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 11, 2013 10:31 AM (9eDbm)

162

:::136 A long time ago I figured that I was going to retire straight into a pine box.

You're planning on a box? I figured I'm for a shallow grave on some logging road.

Luxury.

I've arranged to be stuffed and mounted at my office workstation.

I'm just counting on being vaporized by a drone strike.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:31 AM (4df7R)

163

Foreign liberals in America are the worse kind of liberals. Just heard Gerard Butler on Howard Stern make a joke about how much golf George Bush played when he was President to the effect he was on the course everyday.

Ignorant motherf'er makes 5 million a movie and couldn't think his way out of a wet paperbag. I regret missing the period when actors were considered just above people who emptied bedpans for a living.

Posted by: polynikes at March 11, 2013 10:32 AM (m2CN7)

164 I forgot about Sorkin being gone ... The odd thing about 'West Wing' is how the Left thinks it's a Lefty show. To recap: 1) Lied to American people about his health 2) Had an interventionist foreign policy 3) killed a member of a foreign country's government using clandestine resources 4) advocated a pro-Israeli position 5) Devout Catholic 6) Allowed his religious sensibilities to dictate policy 7) Manipulated the press ... among other things. Sorkin wrote that show as "Bill Clinton with a functioning conscience"

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 11, 2013 10:32 AM (9P+hO)

165 It's not a repeat. It's a VALUE-ADDED enhancement.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 11, 2013 02:25 PM (VYmKX)

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Well, hell. That's why I come to AoSHQ. The fucking enhancements.

Posted by: Soona at March 11, 2013 10:32 AM (JX3Ol)

166 Funny, mine has him on the 'douchebag' entry

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 02:30 PM (8sCoq)

Sorkin is one of those stock characters who can apply to multiple definitions. Kind of like how you can use a picture of a kangaroo to illustrate both "mammal" and "marsupial."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:33 AM (4df7R)

167 So, the Newsroom hasn't been canceled? I thought it might by like Girls -- critically acclaimed but only watched by metrosexual critics.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 11, 2013 10:33 AM (3VhRQ)

168 Sorry, BumperStickerist, your "New York City" humour is beyond me.
/name that episode

Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 10:34 AM (ORGYc)

169

"Just heard Gerard Butler on Howard Stern"

Never head of 'em.

Posted by: Charles "Chucky" Gibson, Important Reader of News at March 11, 2013 10:34 AM (lbiWb)

170 Aww Pokey. Feel better, Ace.

Posted by: Sarahw at March 11, 2013 10:34 AM (LYwCh)

171 163 Foreign liberals in America are the worse kind of liberals. Just heard Gerard Butler on Howard Stern make a joke about how much golf George Bush played when he was President to the effect he was on the course everyday. Ignorant motherf'er makes 5 million a movie and couldn't think his way out of a wet paperbag. I regret missing the period when actors were considered just above people who emptied bedpans for a living. Posted by: polynikes Did Stern set him straight? Bush quit golf after the 2003 invasion.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 11, 2013 10:35 AM (3VhRQ)

172 @167: The ratings are near zero and even liberal critics widely panned it. So of course HBO immediately renewed it.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2013 10:35 AM (B/VB5)

173 CNN signs Aaron Sorkin to produce documentary series

"Too Ethnic in America."

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 10:36 AM (mCvL4)

174 Would that result in higher or lower net productivity? Think of the bandwidth savings on porn alone.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:36 AM (QupBk)

175 That's why I come to AoSHQ. The fucking enhancements. Let Bob Dole tell you about fucking enhancements. If Bob Dole knows anything, he's an expert on them. Well, them and annoying the shit out of everyone with expensive inclined plane curbing that never gets used.

Posted by: Bob Dole [/i] at March 11, 2013 10:37 AM (feFL6)

176

163....Just heard Gerard Butler on Howard Stern make a joke about how much golf George Bush played when he was President to the effect he was on the course everyday.

-------

Damn.

I liked Gerard Butler...before I read this.

Bush stopped playing golf altogether, in like 2003, didn't he?

He did it because he said it "didn't seem right" to be playing golf while our troops were fighting.

Posted by: wheatie at March 11, 2013 10:38 AM (2xMNt)

177 *spinning in chair*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:38 AM (4df7R)

178 Watched the video and I'm proud to say I haven't seen almost all of the movies/shows they were clipped from.

YAY ME!!!!!

Posted by: © Sponge at March 11, 2013 10:38 AM (xmcEQ)

179 Foreign liberals in America are the worse kind of liberals. Just heard Gerard Butler on Howard Stern make a joke about how much golf George Bush played when he was President to the effect he was on the course everyday.

Posted by: polynikes at March 11, 2013 02:32 PM (m2CN7)

Does Stern ridicule the JEF? I lost almost all respect for him (not exactly subtracting from a large number) when he acted like reading garbage from Al Shithead Franken was an epiphany.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 10:39 AM (3KlUj)

180 ::::174 Would that result in higher or lower net productivity? ::;; Sorry, I was watching a YouTube mash up of skateboarders sliding down handrails and slipping so they mash their balls. What was your question?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 11, 2013 10:39 AM (VYmKX)

181 You guys are fancy. I always figured I'd just wind out some bones on a plain gnawed by wolves. I think I'd rather be eaten by wolve than worms, assuming, of course, I'm dead first.

Posted by: Ook? at March 11, 2013 10:39 AM (OQpzc)

182 I've arranged to be stuffed and mounted at my office workstation.

I'm just counting on being vaporized by a drone strike.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 11, 2013 02:31 PM (4df7R)

--------------------------------------------

If that were the way I had to go, I'd want the video as a permenant fixture on WZ.

Posted by: Soona at March 11, 2013 10:40 AM (JX3Ol)

183 Well before he was Leonidas, Butler's big debut, was as Dracula, in that stinky Wes Craven film, that Wes took his name of, also in that film, was Mal Reynolds

Posted by: archie goodwin at March 11, 2013 10:40 AM (Jsiw/)

184 The theft of more than $433,000 by a former local treasurer was covered up by the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) because the union feared the Â“potential impact on membership and loss of members,Â” according to an insurance claim document obtained by the Salisbury Daily Times.

Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at March 11, 2013 02:19 PM (e8kgV)

Is that where they make the steaks?

Posted by: © Sponge at March 11, 2013 10:41 AM (xmcEQ)

185 Ashley Puff's Scotland mansion has a heated napkin rack in the butler's pantry.

http://is.gd/ke7AWD

A woman of the people! I don't know how an unemployed coal miner could possibly think otherwise.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 11, 2013 10:41 AM (/kI1Q)

186 You know, my wife loves watching Gilmore Girls reruns, and that's the thing I can't stand about it. All of the characters sound exactly the same! Everybody is just absolutely cutesy-clever all the dang time, and talk like they're trying to squeeze a 10 minute speech into a 5 minute window. The day she broke out her West Wing DVDs I realized how very similar they were. At least I know what kind of TV she likes.

Posted by: Hal at March 11, 2013 10:41 AM (MftY/)

187

>>>What do you think of Obama pardoning the sequester and sending it to Portugal?

THAT'S OUR SEQUESTER, DAMMIT

I'm tired of these politicians just giving our shit away

Posted by: Bigby's Lubricated Fist at March 11, 2013 10:41 AM (3ZtZW)

188 Man, that billionaire bimbo from Facebook has lit a fucking wildfire among feminists, didn't she?

Posted by: Ook? at March 11, 2013 10:42 AM (OQpzc)

189 also in that film, was Mal Reynolds Speaking of puffy faces, success went straight to that guy's waistline. Kind of like Bruce Willis getting successful, and then losing all his hair. My lack of success keeps me beautiful.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:42 AM (QupBk)

190 Sorry, I was watching a YouTube mash up of skateboarders sliding down handrails and slipping so they mash their balls. What, no link?

Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2013 10:42 AM (B/VB5)

191 Did Stern set him straight? Bush quit golf after the 2003 invasion.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 11, 2013 02:35 PM (3VhRQ)

Not really. He just confirmed what Butler said but added that he was worried that Obama was in danger of becoming like that.

In danger ? What the freakidy frack mother freak son of #%$@&*()_!!!!

Posted by: polynikes at March 11, 2013 10:42 AM (m2CN7)

192

>>>>A long time ago I figured that I was going to retire straight into a pine box.

Right behind you, buddy. With the hammer.

Posted by: Bigby's Lubricated Fist at March 11, 2013 10:43 AM (3ZtZW)

193 Aaron Sorkin wanted to rewrite Halle Berry out of Bulworth because she was too street.

Posted by: Fritz at March 11, 2013 10:43 AM (WM+rJ)

194 TV Shows more diverse than Sorkin's;

Bewitched : One had Willie Mays in a cameo appearance

I Love Lucy

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 10:43 AM (mCvL4)

195 Even A Few Good Men was lily white. Well, the 3D characters were. There was the Macguffin, Private Santiago. All of Sorkin's Macguffins are minorities, especially if they're dead.

Also, there was the one black soldier. Not the stupid one, he was white, the one of moderate intellect (though not as smart as the lawyers, you see, lawyers are super-smart and always good, even Kevin Bacon the opponent, was not tainted by any evil thoughts).

Of course, he was just the Greek Chorus and since he had absolutely no character flaws, it was OK that he be nonwhite.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 11, 2013 10:43 AM (T0NGe)

196 Speaking of puffy faces, success went straight to that guy's waistline. Kind of like Bruce Willis getting successful, and then losing all his hair. OTOH, for playing a rich 40-ish NYC-based writer his waistline is just about perfect. It's after Castle goes away that he'll be in trouble.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 11, 2013 10:43 AM (B/VB5)

197 New Gridiron Jindal post up.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at March 11, 2013 10:44 AM (4df7R)

198 I finally watched "Moneyball" all the way through for the first time this weekend, and I really did notice that there are only two black people with speaking roles in the entire movie: "Ron Washington" and "David Justice." Ridiculous. Even in 2002 there were lots and lots of black people in baseball.

Posted by: rockmom at March 11, 2013 10:44 AM (qE3AR)

199 Everybody is just absolutely cutesy-clever all the dang time, and talk like they're trying to squeeze a 10 minute speech into a 5 minute window. Sorry, Morons, but this is the same thing that bugs me about Whedon.

Posted by: zsasz at March 11, 2013 10:45 AM (MMC8r)

200 You guys are fancy. I always figured I'd just wind out some bones on a plain gnawed by wolves. I think I'd rather be eaten by wolve than worms, assuming, of course, I'm dead first. You might as well go for the cheapest alternative, cremation. In a couple billion years, when the Sun goes Red Giant and engulfs the Earth, the entire planet is going crispy critter. Not only that, you can annoy the hell out of your family as they figure out just what-in-the-hell to do with an urn filled with ashes.

Posted by: Regular Depressive Moron [/i] at March 11, 2013 10:46 AM (feFL6)

201

157:

IÂ’m hoping Â‘Star Trek-Post Reboot No. 2Â’ will be as much of a laugh riot as the first one.

Â‘Sorry, honey, IÂ’m kinda busy single-handedly steering this gigantic starship that normally takes 400 people to operate on a kamikaze dive into a planetkiller. So -- what should we name the baby?Â’

Kirk -- HeÂ’s a REBEL!

Spock -- HeÂ’s a REBEL!

Scotty -- HeÂ’s a REBEL!

Bones -- HeÂ’s a... Drunk.

Gene Roddenbery, hustler and sexist pig that he was, had also been a military officer, an airline pilot and an LAPD cop. J.J. Abrams -- went to film school.

Posted by: RNB at March 11, 2013 10:46 AM (fe/Mk)

202 I Love Lucy Ricky was a white hispanic.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:46 AM (QupBk)

203 The Newsroom ratings are anywhere from 1.4 to 2.4 mil but mostly in 1.7 range. The 2.4 was for the season finale. Boardwalk Empires by HBO pulls in around 6 mil. AMC is kicking their asses with TWD pulling in over 8 mil. Plus, the viewers have increased by 30% over last year. That's a big deal.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 11, 2013 10:47 AM (3VhRQ)

204 Howard Stern is still on the air?

Posted by: © Sponge at March 11, 2013 10:47 AM (xmcEQ)

205 A straight-up beat-down! Bravo, Ace.

Posted by: baldilocks at March 11, 2013 10:47 AM (Su0W2)

206 Judge was black too in A Few Good Men.

Posted by: Hey-Zeus at March 11, 2013 10:48 AM (rQs7E)

207 Ricky was a white hispanic.
Posted by: toby928Â© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 02:46 PM (QupBk)

Funny. I don't remember Ricky viciously murdering some young black child who just left the orphanage volunteering to wash the backs of babies with lupus.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 11, 2013 10:49 AM (xmcEQ)

208 Even in 2002 there were lots and lots of black people in baseball.
In the Negro Leagues, I'm sure!

Posted by: aaron someone or other at March 11, 2013 10:51 AM (ORGYc)

209 Not only that, you can annoy the hell out of your family as they figure out just what-in-the-hell to do with an urn filled with ashes.

..."abandoning them at the crematorium" is a popular option.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 11, 2013 10:51 AM (/kI1Q)

210 Funny. I don't remember Ricky viciously murdering some young black child who just left the orphanage volunteering to wash the backs of babies with lupus. It was in the 20th anniversary special.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:52 AM (QupBk)

211 AMC is kicking their asses with TWD pulling in over 8 mil. Plus, the viewers have increased by 30% over last year. That's a big deal.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 11, 2013 02:47 PM (3VhRQ)

Daily Show gets a 0.7 rating.

Posted by: Ook? at March 11, 2013 10:52 AM (OQpzc)

212 Aaron Sorkin has more white people working for him than MSNBC

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2013 10:53 AM (1Jaio)

213 AMC is kicking their asses with TWD pulling in over 8 mil. Plus, the viewers have increased by 30% over last year. That's a big deal.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at March 11, 2013 02:47 PM (3VhRQ)

If you more lamer episodes like the last two, that will change.

Posted by: Ook? at March 11, 2013 10:54 AM (OQpzc)

214

Herpes flare up Ace?/

I told you that Tijuana hooker didn't look healthy.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 11, 2013 10:54 AM (uhftQ)

215 Not only that, you can annoy the hell out of your family as they figure out just what-in-the-hell to do with an urn filled with ashes. AFAIK, my buddy is still sitting in the closet at his house. It's coming up on a year since his passing so maybe his wife will have an idea on what to do with him soon.

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 10:55 AM (QupBk)

216 I told you that Tijuana hooker didn't look healthy.
And he had to order the Clams Casino with a pasta primavera starter afterward!

Posted by: andycanuck at March 11, 2013 10:57 AM (ORGYc)

217 ::::Everybody is just absolutely cutesy-clever all the dang time, and talk like they're trying to squeeze a 10 minute speech into a 5 minute window.

Sorry, Morons, but this is the same thing that bugs me about Whedon.

Posted by: zsasz at March 11, 2013 02:45 PM (MMC8r)

And, Kevin Smith. But I can understand why you would want to leave his lame ass out of the conversation.

Posted by: Nigel Wanklin reporting at March 11, 2013 10:57 AM (nDeB2)

218 I finally watched "Moneyball" all the way through for the first time this weekend, and I really did notice that there are only two black people with speaking roles in the entire movie: "Ron Washington" and "David Justice." Ridiculous. Even in 2002 there were lots and lots of black people in baseball.

Posted by: rockmom

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Yeah, but they were almost all on the better teams. Nothing shows how bad your team is then when it's almost all white. /

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at March 11, 2013 10:59 AM (uhftQ)

219 Who would do the voice over for Ace's posts? The one time Ace was on FOXnews- I remember thinking his voice sounded a lot like that "Carlton the Doorman" voice coming from the buzzer in... ...eh, maybe "Rhoda"? So, yeah, that guy.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 11, 2013 11:07 AM (j2lYi)

220 You're "really sick", Ace? As in "All those other times I claimed to be sick were like, well, just, you know, mental health days"? No worries. Done that, been there.

Posted by: MaxMBJ at March 11, 2013 11:09 AM (deaac)

221 186 You know, my wife loves watching Gilmore Girls reruns, and that's the thing I can't stand about it. All of the characters sound exactly the same! Everybody is just absolutely cutesy-clever all the dang time, and talk like they're trying to squeeze a 10 minute speech into a 5 minute window. And Alexis Bledel (cute but too skinny) managed to speak every one of her cutesy-clever lines in the whole run of the series without moving her mouth. Weird. I was always like, is she some kind of ventriloquist?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at March 11, 2013 11:23 AM (7ObY1)

222

regarding:

"..But it also demonstrates something else: Everyone in Aaron Sorkin's ideal fantasy worlds is white, except for Dule Hill, D.L. Hughely, and Benson."

...so what?

TV is fantasy-and he is entitled to his fantasy.

Do we really need laws to force people who to hire?

If we are looking for quotas, I want to see quotas on basketball and football teams, where results DO matter!

Posted by: ploome at March 11, 2013 11:24 AM (VGVbI)

223 What's that white stuff on chicken shit? Aaron Sorkin.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 11, 2013 11:37 AM (xiaOm)

224 Aaron Sorkin wrote some great roles for black people in The Social Network, such as "Bank Teller" and "Waiter No. 2."

Posted by: Phinn at March 11, 2013 12:02 PM (oFH2D)

225

WHY DOES AARON SORKIN NEED TO WRITE ROLES FOR BLACK PEOPLE?

Posted by: ploome at March 11, 2013 12:09 PM (VGVbI)

226 I'll bet his coke dealer was black!

Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at March 11, 2013 12:19 PM (Ph479)

227

Has the #negrospotting trend lost its appeal?

Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at March 11, 2013 12:22 PM (Ph479)

228

Stale thread? @mn">D@mn!

Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at March 11, 2013 12:23 PM (Ph479)

229 Ace: Dude, white liberals don't care when other white liberals only befriend or hire other whites. Racism and discrimination are things that these enlightened beings are immune from, so implying that they are bigots simply does not phase them. I went to a wedding recently of a left-wing friend of mine. Most of his friends are also left-wingers. Probably 150 people were at the wedding. Of that number, there was one Hispanic guy and one Asian woman. The other 148 or so invited guests were white. The only black faces were the people serving food and drinks. Meanwhile, most of the toasts were about how intelligent and educated and enlightened and thoughtful and progressive and caring the newlywed couple were, and how they were going to change the world for the better through social justice and helping underprivileged youths and blah blah blah. Seriously. I shit you not. These people have some serious fucking blinders.

Posted by: JohnKerryIsADoucheBag at March 11, 2013 05:49 PM (2T1u7)

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