Watch Aaron Sorkin Use Rooney Mara to Attack Bloggers, the Internet

Aaron Sorkin's dislike of bloggers goes all the way back to when Al Gore invented the Internet. Or, failing that, to the "Lemon Lyman" episode of The West Wing, when Josh finds out that he has a fan site, posts a comment on there, and gets immediately flammed (something similar happened to Sorkin on Television Without Pity). So consider this clip from The Social Network -- where Rooney Mara's character Erica dresses down Mark Zuckerberg and every other blogger ever -- par for Sorkin's course.

Erica/Sorkin is right, of course -- as one of my friends put it this morning, "the Internet is a horrible, horrible snakepit" -- but that doesn't make this moment seem any less jarring when it occurs in the film (it's contrived, post-coital positioning doesn't help either). Perhaps that's because Erica is shoehorned into The Social Network whenever Sorkin needs to remind the audience of Mark's "motivation" for Facebook (as if he ultimately needs one). Or perhaps it rings false because it's so transparently Sorkin speaking here and not Erica. Or perhaps it's just awesome and a long overdue slap in the face of the Internet. Whatever the case, it's certainly one of the more debate-y moments from what has become a debate-y film. So, debate* it in the comments below.

*Just please don't bring up any of the "factual inaccuracies," since that debate is tiring and pointless; it's a movie.

[via AwardsDaily]



Comments

  • Edward Wilson says:

    But if it wasn't for this dialogue, what evidence would we have that Armond White's review and subsequent trashing of the internet was 180-degrees incorrect in his reading of the film?...

  • dn says:

    Hey Now, Its not all a snakepit. Theres some good porn right? I would LOVE to sit and have a long ass chat with Arron Sorkin. No sarcasim, really, i'm not even that into his work. He just seems like he'd be awsome conversation.