I'm telling you, if Korgoth of Barbaria doesn't make the Emmy's, there is no justice. The writing... it's superb. The acting... without question, the best on television. The production value... wow... stunning. It's genius. At, well, so many levels. Korgoth puts Studio 60 to shame and of that there can be no doubt.
Speaking of Studio 60. When I watch it, I feel like I'm in a dark room and the light switch is in a drawer full of sharp knives. The pace is too machine gun. The characters too hyped up. Every little thing is imminent disaster. Somehow Sorkin has found a way to make the production of a television comedy show more stressful than a show about the Presidency. How the hell did he do that?
While the writing of Studio 60 is creative and witty, I do find that it overwhelms the actors. There are no pauses for the actors to, well, act. They say their Sorkin lines, usually in a hallway... moving... through a set of double doors... and then it's boom, onto another scene with very similar characters saying very different things, but in very similar ways. Sorkin, leave some room for the actors to act.
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