Aaron Sorkin Interview Sparks Snarky Tumblr

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Aaron Sorkin may not love the Internet, but apparently the Internet doesn’t exactly love Aaron Sorkin either.

Hey Internet Girl is a new Tumblr spawned from an interview published in Toronto’s Globe and Mail.

Fresh off mixed reviews of his new show The Newsroom, Sorkin sat down with the paper’s Sarah Nicole Pickett. During the interview, Sorkin once again voiced his distaste for the Internet and web journalists, in particular. The tense conversation produced the quote below (among others), which was the inspiration for Hey Internet Girl.

“Listen here, Internet girl,” [Sorkin] says, getting up. “It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.” I’m not sure how he’s forgotten that I am writing for a newspaper; looking over the publicist’s shoulder, I see that every reporter is from a print publication (do not see: Drew Magary). I remind him. I say also, factually, “I have a New York Times subscription and an HBO subscription. Any other advice?”

This isn’t the first time Sorkin has railed against the Internet. His anti-technology stance has been well-documented. After the Globe and Mail published the interview on June 23, the web — and many so-called “Internet Girls” — answered with Sorkinized photos.

SEE ALSO: HBO Puts ‘The Newsroom’ Pilot Online for Free

Images courtesy of Hey Internet Girl.

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6 Comments
  1. Sahil_m

    I think Aaron Sorkin was a complete dick about his comments, but I’d like to say this:

    He’s one of the most talented writers I’ve ever seen.

    The West Wing is one of my favorite shows, I loved Studio 60, and most people don’t know that he wrote (along with Charlie Wilson’s War, Moneyball, and The Social Network) a little play titled “A Few Good Men.”

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  2. Darice Davis

    Let’s not throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater. Sorkin’s Newsroom is a refreshing call to change for the Baby Boomers etc. who made the world the 20 somethings of today live in. It is not a criticism of youth, but a desperate suggestion to watch for and not fall into some of the easy ways of being. One of those easy ways of being is not to demand that news stand for something, rather than be another of many forms of entertainment. There is plenty of time for relaxation, but

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  3. Darice Davis

    … that relaxation comes after daily preparation to be an informed citizen in a democratic nation. Flexing that daily muscle helps us to stand up and make meaningful decisions about difficult issues.

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  4. Jordan Kovats

    From a guy who wrote a screenplay about the founder of one of the biggest websites in the history of the internet…I guess internet boys are ok then. Then again, that movie had nothing to do with the internet.

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  5. VL T

    I’m supposed to leave a constructive comment to be “liked?” I’ll say this: Hollywood would like everyone to believe that Sorkin is a Wunderkind. One has to wonder how distressing that is to be the whole genius behind a show. It might cause one to eat mushrooms, or fancy himself in his hallucinogens, to be a great writer, even. Or you can feel paranoid about keeping up with his own reputation, knowing it’s ill deserved. Just know that behind any television “genius” are hundreds of other writers whose work is used in his….. do your homework, America. There are no geniuses in Hollywood.

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