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[[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.}}▼
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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
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]]'', ''[[
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
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.
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* [[Sorkin Relationship Moment]]
* [[Walk and Talk]] (alternatively known as the [[Sorkin Walk]])
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