Warren Ellis reviews Studio 60 on Sunset Strip

AKA Aaron Sorkin's post-West Wing project.

part one
part two

Part two is Required Reading if you have any interest at all in modern television. It's basically Ellis taking the class to school on the subject under the pretext of reviewing ep.1 of Studio 60. And it is good.

some reasons to read it:

"In order to write his valentine, then, and make his case, [Sorkin] has to elevate the American televisual form into something it never was."

and

"The thing that’ll keep me watching is whether or not Sorkin strips the thorns off the rose before he proffers it as his Valentine gift to television."

Thanks, Warren.