February 15, 2007
Fey vs. Sorkin
NBC has two behind-the-scenes series airing, both focusing on the nuts and bolts of late-night comedy shows (SNL, anyone?). As I've said before, Tina Fey's 30-minute sitcom, 30 Rock, is very funny, thanks in large part to the tremendous performance by Alec Badwin.
Aaron Sorkin's one-hour snoozefest dramedy, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, features his trademark rat-a-tat-tat dialogue and long, uniterrupted tracking camera shots, ala West Wing, but it is, alas, unbelievably serious, and the sketches glimpsed are simply not amusing.
Perhaps the best knock on Sorkin's show comes courtesy of Tina Fey herself, quoted in the New York Daily News.
Tina Fey dissed archfoe Aaron Sorkin Sunday night at the Writers Guild Awards. The "30 Rock" star competes with Sorkin's "Studio 60": Both take place behind the scenes at a show like "Saturday Night Live," where Fey was head writer.
Wiggling around the Hudson Theatre stage in a party frock with plunging decolletage, Fey told the crowd, "I hear Aaron Sorkin is in Los Angeles wearing the same dress - but longer, and not funny."
Ouch.
Posted by Mike Lief at February 15, 2007 08:35 AM
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