And with that, Ace of Spades started an epic, and truthful, rant highlighting the lack of diversity with progressives of pallor.
Aaron Sorkin dreams of a Better World in which everyone says the same thing and D.L Hughely is the only black personhttp://t.co/hl9KYMpDYN
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Aaron Sorkin's All-White Casting makes Woody Allen films look like the Wayans Family productions
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
They never seem to notice this, nor to object. Meanwhile, at SXSW… http://t.co/eGIPEpkUPE
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
That’s right. As Twitchy reported last night, a little something was noticed about #SXSW (the hipster South by Southwest conference): It’s monochromatic attendance. As usual, lapdogs in the media will ignore it. Much like they ignore their own lack of diversity, all while accusing Republicans of it. Projection: It’s standard and pathetic operating procedure for the Left.
Ace, and some of his fellow happy warriors, call out Aaron Sorkin, and other progressives of pallor, as only they can. And, boy, is it beautiful.
Another liberal fave, "Girls," just broke the color barrier by featuring Donald Glover for one or two episodes. Otherwise, it's all white.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
They are very, very concerned about racial diversity except for when it's themselves or the stuff they like.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
The movie "Thor" had as many minority cast members in Nordic Asgard as the West Wing had in six years, and one more than Girls in 2.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
the cast of "I'm an apple/I'm a PC" laughs at the diversity in Aaron Sorkin productions.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
To be fair, Aaron Sorkin did write a juicy role for a black person in A Few Good Men (Murder Suspect)
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Aaron Sorkin's filmmaking documents the Quilt of American diversity, from Urban Jewish Intellectuals to Urban White Episcopal Intellectuals
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
You guys know who wrote 8 Mile? Here's a hint: "Not Aaron Sorkin"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ and the President's man servant in The West Wing
— The Loon (@thenewloon) March 10, 2013
Even in a baseball movie, Aaron Sorkin's only black character is David Justice.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Liberals' favorite TV shows and movies do not "Look Like America," but they do look an awful lot like their Condo Boards
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Now we return to Aaron Sorkin's "Midnight Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman," starring Felicity Huffman and @RobLowe as Frederick Douglas
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
INT. BARN HALLWAY — DAY Harriet (Huffman) and Douglas (Lowe) are having a "walk-and-talk" in a Railroad safehouse.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
no offense to @roblowe, just thought that would be a Sorkinesque casting choice.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ Don't forget a role for Bradley Whitford and Timothy Busfield.
— clayjohanson (@clayjohanson) March 10, 2013
Aaron Sorkin's "Mexico '68," starring Bradley Whitford and Timothy Busfield
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
And I mean this is perfectly obvious. The Whiteness of Sorkin's shows is so blatant as to require comment. And yet none issues.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Liberals talk a good game about a diverse society but in their own private choices, from the "exclusive" neighborhoods they live in to…
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
…the fantasies of an idealized world they select on TV, it's white people, white people, more white people, and a cameo from Dule Hill.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Shows Liberals Like: Mad Men; Girls; Big Love; Sex & the City; everything Aaron Sorkin's ever shit out; Downton Abbey… notice a pattern?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
@IMAO_ White hero, of course.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ Pretty sure there was a black waiter on "Sex and the City" once.
— clayjohanson (@clayjohanson) March 10, 2013
Six Feet Under once featured a black guy playing a Murder Victim, I'm sure.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
I keep saying this but the extreme whiteness of the media is like sex in Cruel Intentions: We love it, we just. don't. talk. about it.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Notice @TNR notices the GOP's whiteness, but not its own, and not the whiteness of Sorkin's shows.. That's Just Quality Entertainment.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Ace let The New Republic have it last month for that absurdity.
There are more minorities in Game of Thrones than on the staff of @tnr and 12 years of Aaron Sorkin shows
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
of course all the minorities on Game of Thrones are savages, decadent exotics, or swindlers… wait, did Aaron Sorkin have a hand in GoT?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Game of Thrones has more Dothraki than Aaron Sorkin has black people.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Some of Aaron Sorkin's best friends are people he won't put in his TV shows.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Aaron Sorkin's "The Tukegee Airmen," starring the cast of Glee
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Oh, and Glee, how did I forget that one. The Oak Ridge Boys have almost as much diversity as Glee.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Aaron Sorkin's shows are basically "The Dukes of Hazzard" for liberals.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Actually the Dukes of Hazzard explored class differences, and Boss Hogg offered a more nuanced view of Captialism than Sorkin does.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
black people can be astronauts, CEO's, president… but not a Featured Player in an Aaron Sorkin production. #thelastcolorbarrier
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
#FernsLaw with my modification: The more emotionally a liberal argues for something, the less he actually believes it.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ The Gatsby's of Hamptons was a pilot he pitched in 1980. Deemed Too much too soon by execs
— Vince (@TheFormula92) March 10, 2013
@TheFormula92 @aceofspadeshq problem was it followed Good Times. Sorkin took job as grip on Falcon Crest to cut his teeth in prime time
— Vince (@TheFormula92) March 10, 2013
Things White People Like: Aaron Sorkin, and the feeling is muy mutual!
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
My KKK Kleagle friend Fast Stan just emailed me: "Aaron Sorkin makes a mockery of the 13th Amendment."
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Aaron Sorkin's shows are less diverse than the Council of Elrond (I can recycle lines too, Aaron!)
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ Diversity. Is that the name of an old wooden ship?
— Anvil of Crom (@catpooper) March 10, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ West Wing ‘bodyman’ Charlie. Trope fulfiller. Dad dead by gun, single mom, lives in bad area, draws ire of supremacists.
— elana (@elana13) March 10, 2013
One day Aaron Sorkin will write and direct an episode of Law & Order, and L&O will finally have a judge played by a white actor
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Sorkin is color-blind in his writing, though. He writes his few black parts no differently than white ones–they sound just like Sorkin too
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Sorkin's process: "hmm… I want DL Hughley to sound 'street.' Eureka! I'll have him quote Phillip Roth."
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Sorkin's writing is just early David Mamet mixed with "Friends"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Note to self: Get someone to do a "Friends" theme song opening with clips from Glengarry Glen Ross
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Aaron Sorkin is just stupid white people saying the same things over and over again, like MSNBC without Al Sharpton http://t.co/hl9KYMpDYN
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale" was released on the day of Aaron Sorkin's birth…. #discuss
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 10, 2013
Breaking from Variety: Aaron Sorkin to write Viva Zapata!, starring "Toby" from The West Wing
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
@drawandstrike no it's on HBO so ratings don't matter, only if the Middle Aged White Liberal Women Who Control TV like it.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
The Avengers are more diverse than Aaron Sorkin's last five shows– "We've got a Hulk"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
Everyone knows the Sorkinism "A man once wrote…" is just a direct lift off of Mamet, right? Okay.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
He is just Mamet + Friends. He lifts Mamet's clipped speech with its faux-city mannerisms ("Not for nothin'") and Biblical thunderings…
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
…and adds to it Friends' Sassy Catchphrasing and Cutesy Banter and Reversions to Childhood (raspberries, head slaps).
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
I meant to say "New Faux City mannerisms," like "Fuggetaboutit" and other crap he's heard NYers say on TV.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
PROOF: Aaron Sorkin just equals David Mamet + "Friends" https://t.co/m6PDWEcw3n
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 11, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ It's easier for an African-American to get into North Korea than into an Aaron Sorkin show.
— Michael McNally (@notoserfdom) March 11, 2013
@AceofSpadesHQ In pre-production: Sorkin's "Y Tu Mama Tambien", with Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg, starting Kristin Chenoweth as Luisa
— Todd Lowman (@tclowman) March 11, 2013
Epic. Aaron Sorkin’s next casting call should include some members of President Obama’s old monochromatic campaign headquarters. Or the Democrat convention speaker line-up. Walk in lockstep, women and minorities! Just don’t dare try to walk on set of one of their shows.
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