Studio 60 - a not so liberal post

It should come as no shock that I was a West Wing junkie for 6 years. I very nearly cried when the show was cancelled. It always did a brilliant job of appealing to my liberal senses as well as my more egalitarian side. Just when you think they were getting too liberal, they would come up with a show that gave serious treatment to the idea that we need both sides represented in our government and that both sides may have legitimate points.

But, I'm not here to write about that show. I could go on and on. But, let's move on, shall we?
So, being a West Wing (and Aaron Sorkin projects in general) fan, my dispair was mollified upon hearing of the arrival of Studio 60.

New show, some West Wing veterans, Aarom and director, Tommy Schlamme back together again. Yay! (This post is coming now because I just got around to watching the last 6 episodes downloaded from iTunes.)

Ok, well, as anyone familiar with the show now knows, Studio 60 was no West Wing.
Liberal themes go hand and hand with Sorkin shows. That we have all come to expect. But, even I was sort of ....bothered...by HOW liberal the story lines got and it just didn't quite feel right. It personified everything conseratives love to hate. Hollywood, sitting in it's gilded throne, passing judgement on the rest of the country for not "getting" how things really are.

Not exactly the most ideal way to bring attention to what's wrong with the world. Hell, I even found myself occassionally sympathizing with Harriet, the token conservative, Christian.

So, while I miss the Sorkin, quick-witted, fast-pased, reeking of liberal-bias shows, I can see why this one didn't last.

Hmm, maybe we could work on getting term limits lifted and bring back the West Wing.