Studio 60
Posted on September 19, 2006
Confession time. I never watched Sports Night, and I’ve never seen an episode of The West Wing. To me, Aaron Sorkin is just a bully who takes all the drama Emmys. If it hadn’t been for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’s cast, I probably wouldn’t have given it the time of day. Luckily, I did decide to give the show a shot, and I was blown away as a result.
Studio 60 sports dialogue that just crackles. It really fires on all cylinders, chugging right along the entire time. I come from a screenwriting background, as in I went to film school and never moved out West to give it a shot. The point is, good dialogue is a must-have for me. I love Lost, but every now and then the dialogue makes my eyes roll a little. That didn’t happen with Studio 60. It’s a great example of a show being carried by excellent dialogue and dynamite performances. Looks like I’ve got a new show to watch.
Which makes me think about my fiction. Right now, I’m reading Brian Keene’s The Rutting Season. It’s a great book, full of incredible prose. I wish I could write prose like that. I tend to go for the dialogue, though. When you all finally get a chance to read A Family Matter, you’ll see a few scenes I’m especially proud of, pages and pages of dialogue that (I feel) cuts like a knife. Hope you guys get to see it. Hope you guys get to see it real soon.
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