Jun 26, 2012
A collection of recycled phrases in Aaron Sorkin scripts
Aaron Sorkin is a preeminent and prolific screenwriter, notable for, among other shows and movies, A Few Good Men, The West Wing, The Social Network and Moneyball.
Like any author, he has his favorite tropes that he reuses again and again. I have no idea whether or not Sorkin repeats himself in his work more than other writers do, but other writers don’t have creative YouTubers out there cutting and splicing all the repetition together into a funny video.
The following mashup is made of bits from Malice, A Few Good Men, Bulworth, Sports Night, The West Wing, Studio 60, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Social Network, and, strangely, Tom Hanks 1993 Oscar Speech…
(via Gawker)
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Not at all surprised that most of these seem to have originated on Sports Night.
Sports Night — best damned television show ever.
And The American President, too, right?
More and more we expect to be screwed with our pants on.