tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014106.post128581516224314457..comments2023-09-08T01:35:21.679-07:00Comments on Zaki's Corner / Zaki Hasan: Figuring Out The NewsroomZakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06150118173142516267noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014106.post-35951013386636180582012-08-18T11:46:15.763-07:002012-08-18T11:46:15.763-07:00That's another interesting read on Sorkin'...That's another interesting read on Sorkin's intent. I certainly don't rule anything out!Zakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150118173142516267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014106.post-30248304859413323052012-08-18T10:08:00.378-07:002012-08-18T10:08:00.378-07:00Richard's comment makes me think of some works...Richard's comment makes me think of some works of literature that are similar. I've been wondering the same thing about the show, but then I thought about Arthur Miller and Mark Twain. Miller used the Salem Witch Trials to comment on McCarthyism/Red Scare. Twain published Huck Finn about thirty years after slavery ended, so it seems stupid unless you argue (as some critics and I do) that it's more a criticism about failing Reconstruction and the aftermath of slavery. So maybe Sorkin can or is doing that using news that's just a little bit in the past? Or am I giving him too much credit? Ms. Syedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551520449390979215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014106.post-59534485203544352542012-07-11T20:09:36.488-07:002012-07-11T20:09:36.488-07:00IN Brasil Rambo is a
children hero !IN Brasil Rambo is a<br />children hero !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014106.post-6415032233251483392012-07-11T11:21:39.799-07:002012-07-11T11:21:39.799-07:00It may well be a Quixotic quest for the characters...It may well be a Quixotic quest for the characters, but I think for Sorkin it's more about winning the moral argument. The "I told you so" after the fact.Zakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150118173142516267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9014106.post-3051471339397653992012-07-11T10:57:30.239-07:002012-07-11T10:57:30.239-07:00I agree with you, but...aren't the characters ...I agree with you, but...aren't the characters in The Newsroom then doomed to fail? The show will presumably always be set in the recent past. Which means that none of Will's monologues or tough questions will ever change the outcome of anything. The Tea Party will still win. The debt ceiling will still turn into a debacle. And on and on. Sorkin thinks he's made a show about how one small voice can change the world--but the very structure of how show ensures that the actual message will be the opposite.<br /><br />Fortunately I doubt he cares very much as long as he eventually gets to pair off Jim and Maggie.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599030959604499896noreply@blogger.com