The West Wing - Quoting the Biblefavorite line: “One last thing. While you may be mistaking this for your monthly meeting of the ignorant tight-ass club, in this building when the President stands, nobody sits.” - President Josiah Bartlet
The West Wing is one of my favorite TV shows. The dialogue is so unbelievably well-written, the characters (on both sides of the political aisle) presented with humanity as imperfect people, and it had a unique ability to make policy wonkishness entertaining and engaging. But in this scene Aaron Sorkin really grinds his axe against Christianity: it’s brutal, scathing, mean, unfair, and totally unlike the majority of the show. It was this scene—and the one ending Season 2 where the president chews out God in the cathedral—that left a sour taste in my mouth.
Never saw this episode, but this makes me really really happy.
This post has galvanised me… I’m going to watch this again once I get through watching The Wire again….
Loved that. One of my favorite Bartlett rants.
“Brutal” and “scathing,” indeed. “Mean” and “unfair,” I beg to differ. :)
The West Wing is one of my favorite TV shows. The dialogue is so unbelievably well-written, the characters (on both...