Aaron Sorkin has been taking an epic amount of sh*t lately for his new HBO series, The Newsroom... and he isn't even on twitter.
Sorkin was fielding questions from journalists at TCA 2012 and was left essentially defending his show. When it was put to him that some of the female characters are a little thin, he responded "I completely respect that opinion but I 100 percent disagree with it," he said. "The female characters are shown being good at their jobs. Caring about something other than yourself or reaching higher or being curious, plainly smart, and great team players, those qualities to me are what define these characters. And once you nail that down you can have them slip on as many banana peels as you want. That’s just comedy."
Jeff Daniels, who stars in the series, was also on the panel and had his own response for the critics "I completely get why you do what you do, but you don’t do it for me. And you never have. It took me a long time as an actor for me to stop reading you. You love me. But you hate me. Where do I go? If Aaron’s happy, if [HBO Entertainment president] Sue [Naegle] is happy, and if I’m happy, it’s good. And it might even be great. There’s nothing you could tell me, I’m sorry to say, that could help me. I wish there were." Well said, Jeff.
I actually really enjoy the show; I get why certain people would dislike it, but it's actually sharp and shit and generally very well done. It seems slating it is very much a trendy thing to do - regardless of whether people have seen it or not.
