Studio 60 needs more Lauren Graham

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no, i don't think making reference to mccarthy and blacklisting automatically makes a show important. they didn't have anything new or interesting to say about it. it was just a lame-ass way of trying to legitimize a completely unimaginative show. they tried to draw parallels with ye oldey tv to make us think their fictional show is "doing important work" by showing crappy impressions of nicholas cage. it's lazy writing, and what pisses me off about it is i'm not allowed to say "who cares?" b/c they've made reference to historical events. my 15-year-old nephew can do that. the writers are as lazy as they are sanctimonious. very, very, that is.

LG was her usual self! She has the ability to go head to head with anyone. Even if Lauren and Matthew did not know one another, it showed that they had great comedic chemistry together. Studio 60 may not take off, but Lauren should get more opportunities to show her talent.

Ray, if that's how you feel I certainly won't argue with you. You're the one who lives there. Maybe I took everything the wrong way, but I did see it differently.

I have lived in cities about the size of Columbus, and although most people know Africian-Americans sometimes they overcompensate because they are not racists but fear they will be perceived as such when they are in a place like LA or NYC. Personally I don't know too many racists with a thing for Halle Berry, so I didn't see them as being portrayed as racists but rather as trying too hard to show they are not. Actually, that's something my parents would do and they are neither hicks nor unfamiliar with African-Americans.

But if people in Columbus were offended, then obviously Sorkin had plenty of room for improving the portrayal.

So, Tammy, the first commentor on this post, doesn't see how Sorkin insulted Columbus? As a resident of Columbus for the past fifteen years, I see it very clearly. Obviously, Aaron Sorkin has never been to Columbus or even met or spoken to anyone who has.
The couple supposedly from Columbus were not portrayed as hard working, God fearing Mid-westerners as Tammy suggests, but rather as stupid, ignorant, humorless, racist, homophobic hicks. When Tom's mother meets Simon, she acts as if she's never even seen an African American before.
Columbus is not some out of the way small town where time stopped sometime prior to November 1963; it is, rather, the fifteenth largest city in the United States and the capital of Ohio. We do have black people here, and Hispanics and gays and art and culture and professional sports teams and even indoor plumbing.

Stop bitching about Sarah Paulson, she's the best thing on that show! Her and Amanda Peet were hilarious in the latest episode and Sarah Paulson and Matthew Perry have a great chemistry.

Having that little moment with Matthew Perry and Lauren Graham was SO transparent. Like, hehe, we know each other in real life and kinda date so it's all like, really clever that we flirt on this show. Stupid. Moving on, people. Lauren Graham's brief cameo/guest starring spot was great, but not that great. She should stick to Gilmore Girls. Now Christine Lahti, SHE was great. Bring her back, please.

That final scene with the old man really irritated me for one major reason. The old man mentioned that one of the guys he worked with was big into political humor, which he says the networks weren't big on in those days. Then that other guy says, "In those days" in a sarcastic manner, indicating he thinks that they have the same problems today. Okay, do the people making this show know NOTHING about late night comedy? Watch Saturday Night Live, a Leno/Letterman/Conan monologue, or the Daily Show/Colbert Report two-pack: in any given episode at least a quarter of the stuff is about politics or politicians, and it's often more like half. The idea that Studio 60 gets grief from the network about doing political humor . . . I gotta wonder what sort of lame ass sketch shows Sorkin watches.

You dont think a story about a writer getting blacklisted during the McCarthy Era is important?

You dont think that this couldnt happen again? Before it was communism. Now it's Islam. A few more Muslim terrorist attacks and let's see how the country responds. The TV show Studio60 isnt important. It's entertainment. But just cuz it's entertainment doesnt mean its not a vehicle for ideas.

Law, government, wars all come from the ideological diffusion. One sketch launching domino. Look at Colbert and TDS.

Bah. go watch normal stuff. Go keep the status quo. You Ostriches.

12. And you wonder why Sorkin makes fun of your fucked up part of the country? Opps... that just slipped out.

Posted at 9:31PM on Oct 24th 2006 by David 0 stars

All class. Youve probably never even left your basement..by the way its "Oops" not "Opps" mouth-breather.

I was expecting a much larger plotline between her and Matt considering the previews. It could have reallly highlighted her talents, but she was gone after a minute of airtime.

And you wonder why Sorkin makes fun of your fucked up part of the country? Opps... that just slipped out.