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Line 1: {{creator}}{{outdated}} ~~{{trope}}~~ [[File:Aaron Sorkin at PaleyFest 2013.jpg\|thumb]] {{quote\| Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.}}▼ ▲{{quote\| ''Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.''}} The man behind ''[[Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip]]'', ''[[Sports Night]]'' and ''[[The West Wing (TV)\|The West Wing]]''. His scripts have many distinctive traits, including a dialogue style known for timing and finesse that has garnered the moniker "Sorkinese". His shows are also notorious for characters walking down hallways while [[Exposition\|expositing]] at high speed. ▼ ▲The man behind ''[[Studio 60 Onon the Sunset Strip]]'', ''[[Sports Night]]'' and ''[[~~The West Wing (TV)\|~~The West Wing]]''. His scripts have many distinctive traits, including a dialogue style known for timing and finesse that has garnered the moniker "Sorkinese". His shows are also notorious for characters walking down hallways while [[Exposition\|expositing]] at high speed. Also has a habit of projecting [[Author On Board\|his personal life]] into his shows -- duly lampooned on ''[[Saturday Night Live (TV)\|Saturday Night Live]]'' (a sketch in which ''[[The West Wing (TV)\|The West Wing]]'''s characters reenact Sorkin's [[Mushroom Samba\|marijuana hallucinations]]). Also has a habit of [[Writer on Board\|projecting his personal life]] into his shows -- duly lampooned on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (a sketch in which ''[[The West Wing]]''{{'}}s characters reenact Sorkin's [[Mushroom Samba\|marijuana hallucinations]]). Is also known for thinking that a proper Republican is somewhere a few millimeters to the political right of Lenin, which would put his idea of a proper Democrat somewhere to the left of a communist who won't breathe on their own because it would mean not sharing air. Sorkin also wrote several plays, such as ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' and screenplays such as the film adaptation of ''A Few Good Men'', ''[[The American President]]'', ''[[Charlie Wilsons War\|Charlie Wilson's War]]'', ''[[The Social Network]]'', for which he won an [[Academy Award\|Oscar]] for Best Adapted Screenplay, and ''[[Moneyball]]''.▼ ▲Sorkin also wrote several plays, such as ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' and screenplays such as the film adaptation of ''A Few Good Men'', ''[[The American President]]'', ''[[~~Charlie Wilsons War\|~~Charlie Wilson's War]]'', ''[[The Social Network]]'', for which he won an [[Academy Award\|Oscar]] for Best Adapted Screenplay, and ''[[Moneyball]]''. Now, he has several projects upcoming, including ''The Politician'', a film based on the scandals of the John Edwards presidential campaign, and the upcoming HBO tv series ''The Newsroom'', starring Jeff Daniels as a [[Keith Olbermann]]-esque TV reporter.▼ ▲Now{{when}}, he has several projects upcoming, including ''[[The Politician]]'', a film based on the scandals of the John Edwards presidential campaign, and the ~~upcoming~~ HBO tvTV series ''[[The Newsroom]]'', starring Jeff Daniels as a [[Keith Olbermann]]-esque TV reporter. He has a well known on/off relationship with [[Kristin Chenoweth]], and right now they seem to be off again.▼ ~~----~~ ▲He has a well known on/off relationship with [[Kristin Chenoweth]], and right now{{when}} they seem to be off again. ~~=== [[Trope Namer]] for: ===~~ {{tropenamer}} * [[Sorkin Relationship Moment]] * [[Walk and Talk]] (alternatively known as the [[Sorkin Walk]]) {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Trope~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Screenwriters]] [[Category:Producers]] [[Category:~~Aaron~~Pages ~~Sorkin~~with working Wikipedia tabs]] ▲[[Category:Trope]]