A "Newsroom" Writer Says Aaron Sorkin Kicked Her Out For Challenging The Rape Storyli - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 12-08-2014, 04:58 PM

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/...yikes-newsroom

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"I love Aaron ... but I felt this storyline was unacceptable, Alena Smith told BuzzFeed News.

TMC · 12-09-2014, 05:32 PM

http://t.co/S2CHVOjp0E

“Most of the time the conflict on the show is about ideas, and frequently those conflicts stoke a lot of passionate debate in the days that follow a broadcast,” he told the NY Times via e-mail. “I understood going in that there would be backlash — some of it thoughtful, some of it less so — but that’s a bad reason not to write something.” PLUS: “The Newsroom” is bringing out the worst in Sorkin, Sorkin is still terrified of women on the Internet, and Sorkin doesn’t understand how empathy works.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#Zft5veWq9ISZp2mp.99

12-09-2014, 05:32 PM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,124	Aaron Sorkin on “The Newsroom’s” rape storyline: “I understood going in that there wo http://t.co/S2CHVOjp0E “Most of the time the conflict on the show is about ideas, and frequently those conflicts stoke a lot of passionate debate in the days that follow a broadcast,” he told the NY Times via e-mail. “I understood going in that there would be backlash — some of it thoughtful, some of it less so — but that’s a bad reason not to write something.” PLUS: “The Newsroom” is bringing out the worst in Sorkin, Sorkin is still terrified of women on the Internet, and Sorkin doesn’t understand how empathy works. Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#Zft5veWq9ISZp2mp.99
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