Dear Mr Sorkin<\/p>\n
I’ve been a big fan, Mr Sorkin, for a looong time.<\/p>\n
I first noticed your work when Jack and Tom chewed the scenery (and each other) in A Few Good Men<\/a>. Even though Det. Steve Keller<\/span> Michael Douglas played The American President<\/a>, I still enjoyed how you mixed in the love and politics.<\/p>\n And then there was Sports Night<\/a>. A comedy with no laugh track? A drama that played for just half-an-hour? A show which wasn’t really about sports but about relationships<\/em>? That used sports as a metaphor for what it meant to be a decent human being in this world? You sly dog, you: I was hooked. You showed me that not only was it possible to be funny and<\/em> enlightening, you made me a believer in intelligent television<\/em> – sometimes less was more<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n The West Wing<\/a> did not disappoint. Only you could create a drama about politics without regularly resorting to situations in which the world was saved at the last second. I only got to Season Three unfortunately – life had plans for me and I drifted away. I hear that around Season Four, life had its own plans for you, too.<\/p>\n I’m not afraid to say that I had a flutter when I heard you were returning with Studio 60 on Sunset Strip<\/a>. So what if Teevee<\/a> quickly tired of the numerous rants<\/span> soliloquoys<\/a>. And you have to admit Ken Levine<\/a> was pretty funny with his if Aaron Sorkin wrote a show about baseball<\/a>. I knew without question that I was going to tune in whenever it reached our shores.<\/p>\n The first half-dozen eps were classic Sorkin. I lapped it up. Whatever industry japes and spikes were there went straight over my head. So you wanted to vent – I was cool with that. And maybe your signature back-and-forth dialogue wasn’t so fresh a third time around – I didn’t mind; it was nice to have you back on the box. But then there was the The Harriet Dinner<\/em> two-parter. Then the 4am Miracle<\/em> ep. Then The Disaster Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n Mr Sorkin – all due respect but… WTF?<\/strong><\/p>\n I’m sorry, Mr Sorkin, but I just… I can’t take any more. I’ve stopped watching. I may never know how Danny and Jordan go with the baby, or if Matt and Harriett’s rollercoaster love will straighten up and fly right, or even if the New Black Guy will get his first sketch aired. I don’t care. I feel insulted. If I wanted will-they-or-won’t-they relationship arcs or idiot-plots-A through to -Z, I’d be watching CSI<\/em> or Medium<\/em>. I wanted to enjoy your last outing but it didn’t work out. It wasn’t me, it was you.<\/p>\n Please don’t take this to be a beatdown. I’m a big fan of your work – even if Studio 60<\/em> plumbed some depths, it was still superior television. Whatever your next show is, you can count me in, no questions asked.<\/p>\n Yours sincerely<\/p>\n d f mamea<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Mr Sorkin I’ve been a big fan, Mr Sorkin, for a looong time. I first noticed your work when Jack and Tom chewed the scenery (and each other) in A Few Good Men. Even though Det. Steve Keller Michael Douglas played The American President, I still enjoyed how you mixed in the love and … <\/p>\n