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In reply to the discussion: The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER... [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)56. Thank you DU
I don't often watch TV. I rely on recommendations for the shows I have watched in the past, and yes, they almost always are on premium channels.
We recently watched the Borgias, which is exceptional. A post on DU mentioned House of Cards. We began watching it just the other night, and we have already finished 5 episodes. It is brilliant and saddening. I turned to my partner the other night and said I really missed Sorkin and the West Wing.
I come on tonight and watch this clip. I get her to watch it as well. What is this show? Finally, an answer - the Newsroom. We will begin watching it tonight.
Thank you for sharing this clip. It was very powerful, and it was very true.
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babylonsister
Feb 2013
OP
I have easily see that clip a dozen times, and I still get the same chills that I got the first time
11 Bravo
Feb 2013
#3
"23. It was honest until it got to the nostalgia for a time that never was..."
greiner3
Feb 2013
#37
Thank you. There's not a black or brown person in this country that wouldn't love for every single
Number23
Feb 2013
#53
I heard it live. I remember I was tearful and at the same time grateful I was
snappyturtle
Feb 2013
#6
TV has had a resurgence of good shows over the past handful of years led by HBO.
crazy homeless guy
Feb 2013
#21
BTW, the Newsroom has been renewed for a second season, which will premiere in June 2013. nft
plethoro
Feb 2013
#12
Exactly, and thank YOU for appreciating it -- I fully expected (and still do) criticism
whathehell
Feb 2013
#22
As a mom of 2 members of the "worst generation," thank you for saying that so eloquently. nt
Doremus
Feb 2013
#69
It was "sorority girl" -- I guess "frat boy", or "jock boy" doesn't "play" as well,
whathehell
Feb 2013
#24
point. this is our culture. the show is riddled with sexism. subtle and not. yet.... it is
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#25
where we are today in the issues of feminism and womens issues is the back seat of the bus.
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#30
Frat Boy would've worked just fine. But Sorkin likes his protagonists just a tad abusive.
Bucky
Feb 2013
#79
And yet they still have the gall to stand up and say that in the Halls of Congress...
ReRe
Feb 2013
#16
Maybe we will be the greatest nation some day if and when our government gives up: empire, global
indepat
Feb 2013
#40
Should I stand up and say this on a street-corner in my right-wing neighborhood in this very red,
indepat
Feb 2013
#46
sorry, but the obnoxious treatment of that young woman turned me off right from the start
magical thyme
Feb 2013
#67
It's pretty honest up to the "let me tell you something sorority girl" part. Pure hokum after that
fishwax
Feb 2013
#81