Aaron Sorkin was clearly moved on Friday during his move to the White House to have fun on the 25thTh anniversary of “The West Wing” — much to his thinking about the revival of the critically adored political drama.
“If I have a concept, sure,” Sorkin advised Election after. “I didn’t think critically, frankly, until now… We’ll see what happens after I wake up tomorrow. But, if you ask me now, that’s how I feel.
Sorkin, director/executive producer Thomas Schlamme and stars Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney, Emily Procter, Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack met with President Joe Biden in the map room, then got a private tour of the construction. (President Biden then left for a conference in Delaware.) Later, First Girl Jill Biden held a proper Rose Backyard ceremony for today, holding the proper exterior of the West Wing and the actual Oval Workplace.
“I just got some concepts for the episode just walking around the White Home,” Sorkin said. “Like, ‘why haven’t we ever done that? Why haven’t we ever tried this?'”
Sorkin stated that he was hesitant about the new version of “The West Wing” until now because he was afraid that the audience would miss the amount of unique fake. “I’m sure the new president will have a hard time living up to the memories of Martin,” he said of Sheen and his character, President Jed Bartlet. “But maybe time is enough and this is a new era. An era that, by the way, thanks to streaming, think we are making it now!
Sorkin says he has no political agenda in thinking about a “West Wing” revival. “I just thought it was a wonderful office to be in,” he said. “There are so many different tales to tell, and the aspirational, idealistic, romantic style of writing suits me.”
After all, the political setting has changed dramatically since “The West Wing” left the air after seven seasons in 2006. And Sorkin admits, “We can’t give you an inside story that can be crazier than a proper fairy tale. We see.”
He agreed that sticking to aspirational, idealistic stories might be “too tiring” in this local climate. “As a result of the idealistic part, we should be more happy with what is happening on this planet,” he said. “It’s really like our world. So, it might be tiring, but as Brad Whitford, as Josh Lyman, said in the Season 3 premiere, ’20 Hours in America,’ ‘it’s going to be tiring,’ and Toby said, ‘it’s tiring. ‘”
Sorkin also mentioned that the big question is whether Trump’s second presidency will make the revival of “West Wing” more interesting for him. “That would be an incentive now, but also a complication,” he said. “The concern is that every part he does now can be seen as a rebuttal to the world of Donald Trump.”
Warner Bros. TV chairman Channing Dungey, who was also on the White Home show, said he was open to whatever Sorkin wanted. (He has hinted so far that he will open a new model of “The West Wing.”)
“There are a few shows that we can do again now, and I think I’m going to be excited to go back to ‘The West Wing,’ but I wouldn’t say that before Aaron,” he said. “He was really nice. What I really like about ‘The West Wing’ is that it’s not a partisan giveaway. This is a gift about people who are ready to fight for something bigger than themselves. They usually have arguments and debates between both sides of the aisle. I really like it as a kind of idealistic view of how problems can be solved. If you start now, at this time, in the current local weather, it can be very different. The political landscape has changed since its creation.
Dr. Biden, Sorkin and Sheen all gave speeches at the White House event, and Sorkin drew applause for saying that Joe Biden’s resolution in July to end the presidential marketing campaign in the interest of the country was like the idealism of “The West Wing.”
“Over the years, I have seen that when there is a political crisis at the highest level, experts will warn us not to count the ‘West Wing’ number, not to count the selfless acts of statehood, not to count anyone to place the state. first,” Sorkin said in his speech. “But the truth is, the ‘West Wing’ moment happened. And Dr. Biden, we saw the evidence on the morning of July 21st.
Later, Sorkin famously recalled thinking, as information about Biden’s departure from the race was introduced, that it was a “West Wing”-style sacrifice that “you could hear the music coming up underneath what he was doing.”
Sorkin mentioned that he doesn’t think experts label it like {that} “second ‘West Wing’.” “I hope it’s the one you want,” he said, especially in this dark and divisive world of politics. “You don’t have to look very far to see a reminder of how unhappy we are about how far we’ve come. However, I don’t think we’ve come this far and we can’t come any further. I hope we’ll make it up.
The White Home event features a variety of typical show-inspired touches, along with a performance by the White Home Marine Band from the theme of “The West Wing” and a cocktail called “The Jackal,” named after a dance and lip sync by the current press secretary. , CJ Cregg (played by Allison Janney). A “big block of cheese”, another reference from today, can be found among the many memorabilia installed in the White Home exhibition celebrating the 25Th Anniversary of the “West Wing,” in addition to the mannequin of the current plane.
“I can’t tell you how many people from the Marine Corps, to band conductors, to Secret Service brokers to senior aides, will say that ‘The West Wing’ made them go into public service, and that’s a really big deal,” he said. Sorkin. “It was an emotional day. They watched the collection clearly!”
Added Dungey: “It’s amazing the kind of influence “Wing West” has had for many years. It’s really good to see how many individuals have been excited and impressed to satisfy their tv hero. You may not help but be surprised by this. There is another the place stunned us, when we went to the balcony of the East Wing, and let the Marine Band take part in the theme tune.
On that occasion, Biden praised the current story: “When ‘The West Wing’ lights up our screens, every theme unfolds, every fast travel, fast walk with unlimited halls – every efficiency – adjusts the way we see public servants common behind this white, so whenever we begin to slide into cynicism or apathy – we just have to remember the place where the cheese and everyone belongs. It’s a good story The West Wing confirmed the nation: this household we created here, dedicated to a cause that is better than any of us.
Biden then launched into Sheen, who gave a speech that might have come from President Bartlett on the marketing campaign trail, studying Rabindranath Tagore’s “A Place of Mind Without Worry.” (The poem, written about India under British rule, ends with the line “let my people wake up” – perhaps now a name for citizens not to sleep on the problems facing democracy in the US)
Sorkin mentioned his original plan to mark 25Th anniversary of “The West Wing” only to e-mail Schlamme and his muse about how much time has been handed over. As an alternative, with the help of Warner Bros. TV, has become a week-long celebration – along with fake reunions throughout the Sunday Emmys.
“The idea behind ‘The West Wing’ from the beginning is that, overwhelmingly in popular culture, elected leaders are portrayed as Machiavellian or as dolts,” he said. “I believe, what if they are dedicated and competent because of the doctors and medical nurses in the hospital exhibition, the police who are police, the legal professionals at David E. Kelley today? Hopefully, we need 9 to 10 o’clock to comfort you , to force you because of the length requested for your consideration, and every other part is gravy.
Less than the White House ceremony has been a few stars busy filming, together with Alison Janney, Rob Lowe and Bradley Whitford. “The rest of us are apparently unemployed,” Sorkin quipped. To which Biden quickly chimed in: “No but!” he joked.
