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Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter/object of worship for political science and MCM concentrators alike, spoke at 2 PM today to a packed crowd in the Salomon DeCiccio auditorium. Sorkin, writer of the Oscar-winning film The Social Network and the acclaimed television show The West Wing gave Brown students an inside look at his writing process, his views on social networking, and the differences between writing adaptations and original scripts. In case you missed the event or weren’t able to get a ticket, never fear! BlogDailyHerald is here with a condensed list of the top five things you should have gotten out of the Q&A.
1. There was only one draft of the script for The Social Network. Yup, you read that right. According to Sorkin, David Fincher (the Oscar-winning director of the film) requested that the production process for The Social Network be streamlined, meaning that the studio executives at Sony had very few opportunities to tamper with Sorkin’s original words. A collective gasp reverberated through the auditorium when Sorkin revealed this little factoid. This blogger overheard at least one nearby whisper of “He. Is. God.” Continue Reading