Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day Three

[tjs_whatnot]

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

Without really meaning to, I have sort of devoted a great deal of my fandom life these days to all things Aaron Sorkin. I've been pretty much playing "The West Wing" on repeat, but I'll get to that in another challenge I'm sure. And when I finish watching all The West Wing I'd watch "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and then "The Newsroom" before I'd go back to "Sports Night" and again with "The West Wing."

So, I was trying to think of something to share from canon that could stand on its own, but with "The West Wing," well, I don't have any understanding on what stands on its own that doesn't need some explanation to why it's brilliant anymore, it's all brilliant to me.

So, I thought I'd show this clip from "The Newsroom" instead. It's a ~bit~ more pessimistic than "The West Wing" is, but it's also a product of its time. As much as I love "The Newsroom," I do wonder what it would be like if it were aired now and not just the few years ago that it was.

Anyway, this is the very first scene of the very first episode so there's nothing to know. I just remember watching it and knowing it was not going to be "The West Wing" and Aaron Sorkin was going to have fun being on HBO where his characters get to say fuck. ;) I also knew it was going to be good, in your face critique of America.

"The Newsroom - Opening Scene (Wow!)" (Watch on YouTube)

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And just because these are my two favorite characters and this is one of the cutest moments between them. And because she's right, she does make nerds look good. *sign*

"Newsroom 2x01 - Sloan Sabbith: "I make nerds look good."" (Watch on YouTube)

And here is a not-cute moment between them that I also love. I usually don't like people I love screaming at each other, but its so refreshing to know that they're both sort of right, and there both doing what it's their job to do, but yeah, it's pretty heated.

"The Newsroom - Charlie & Sloan "Don't Call Me Girl Sir"" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[misbegotten]

I'm basking in the Sorkinlove. Now I want to watch The Newsroom. Like right now.

[avon7]

Thanks for sharing that. I loved TWW, but have never seen The Newsroom before. Looks good.

[tjs_whatnot]

It's got a few problems that The West Wing doesn't--there is a love triangle in the first season that gets tiring, and sometimes it does get manipulatively sentimental. But if you liked smart people talking about real things and journalists caring about their profession, than hardly recommend it.

[tjs_whatnot]

Haha, I fell down the YouTube rabbit hole hard and felt like I watched the entire show in clip form. ;)

[spikedluv]

I've never seen Newsroom, but I loved Sports Night (have watched it several times) and I've got the first season of The West Wing in my Amazon cart.