tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post115858046792501091..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Aaron Stu? Kristin Sue? Mary Sue Tarses?Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158623217017364672006-09-18T19:46:00.000-04:002006-09-18T19:46:00.000-04:00I am in no way implying that she got the job throu...I am in no way implying that she got the job through nepotism, especially since Aaron was loooooong gone from the show by the time she was cast. I refer to her frequently as his ex-girlfriend because it's relevant to the show -- much moreso, frankly, than her stint as Annabeth. <BR/><BR/>Matthew Perry is playing Aaron, Sarah Paulson is playing Kristin, the two characters are exes on the show, and Aaron is very clearly working out some leftover relationship issues through the scripts. It ties into the whole idea that Aaron is working all of his friends and lovers into the show. Again, an earlier draft of the pilot script had Brad Whitford's character out on a date with a thinly-disguised Maureen Dowd (yet another Sorkin ex).Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158622574759447142006-09-18T19:36:00.000-04:002006-09-18T19:36:00.000-04:00To be fair, Chenoweth got her part over a year aft...To be fair, Chenoweth got her part over a year after Sorkin left the show (and I think at the time there was a decidedly frosty relationship between Sorkin and Wells), so nepotism could, at best, have been a limited factor.<BR/><BR/>That said, Sorkin is known for a degree of nepotism--he, like other auteurs (Paul Thomas Anderson, Scorsese, Mamet) has a group of actors he turns to again and again (Whitford, Malina).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295270766215749309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158621924971529702006-09-18T19:25:00.000-04:002006-09-18T19:25:00.000-04:00Every time you refer to Kristin Chenoweth as Aaron...Every time you refer to Kristin Chenoweth as Aaron Sorkin's ex-girlfriend, I cringe. I'm sure I'm being oversensitive, but it feels like you're somehow implying she got her West Wing role because she was dating the boss. She has such fantastic credentials on her own, and added a wonderful zing to the several-seasons old West Wing. If a man with those Broadway creds who happened to have dated a female writer/producer were on a TV show, would you consistently refer to that man as, for example, "Diane Ruggierio's ex-boyfriend"?<BR/><BR/>thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com