Aaron Sorkin thinks he can still make it today, but there’s one political element he thinks will be very different from the series 25 years ago: today’s Republican Party.
At an event in Los Angeles on Saturday in support of the upcoming book, Sorkin admitted that he is sometimes asked if the show would work in the present day.
“Honestly, I think that’s almost why it worked, which is, first of all, it was a good show, just good stories told well by a great group of people,” he said. explained to the crowd. at the Scrabble Cultural Center. “But by and large, in popular culture, our leaders are portrayed as either Machiavellians or dolts, right? It’s either one or the idea behind it was that if they were as capable and as As dedicated as doctors and nurses in hospital shows, cops in cop shows, lawyers in legal dramas, that kind of thing. And the result was something that was ideal and it was aspirational.
He continued that he thought audiences would respond the same way today, but “what will be different, and I don’t want to start a fuss about anything. That’s the only thing that will be different. I just I’m afraid to say – and maybe a year from now or two years from now things will be different, but right now – it will be inconceivable that the opposition party, which is the Republican Party, was reasonable. People will see it and it’s theirs Unbeknownst to the country they live in. In the show, while the Republicans were the opposition, they were reasonable, the Republicans they dealt with.
The series, which starred Martin Sheen as Democratic President Jed Bartlett, ran from 1999 to 2006 and was created by Sorkin. He also wrote the foreword, which was written by cast members Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack. The author duo joined Sorkin and actors Richard Schiff, Doll Hill and Janelle Moloney, Hershey Cash Hervey and Josh Malina as moderators at the event. Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford also made brief appearances via video.
“It’s so interesting to read oral history and read other people’s reactions to what was going on. It really brought back memories and it just makes you want to keep going,” Sorkin said of the book. “A big part of the motivation to write a new script every nine days was to be able to put something on the table that these actors would like. They were the first audience for the show.”
“I continue to be inspired by it. I want to write something else that they want to do,” he added, as Milena teased that her audience is already ready to relaunch their social media channels. are “There’s still an idea to be had,” Sorkin replied.
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