Brood-eo 60

The Merth Beaten Worker

OK, so, i think Ive gotten my head around Aaron Sorkins' melodramatic shit-show of a show (and i dont mean that in the bad way, necessarily).

In an early ep of WW, Leo's wife confronted him, saying that his new job was making him an absentee husband, to which he replied, "its an important job."

"Not more important than your marriage!"

"Yes! It is more important than my marriage!"

Or something like that. But anyway, that rung true. Running the free world IS more important than making sure your 60 y/o wife gets plenty of dick (and affection, etc. etc.). So, essentially, we watched the WW only concerned with the characters professional lives. With the exception of some of Josh's sexual antics and mopey Tobey's fraternal disfunctions, we saw very litte of their personal lives, and instead got to follow them as they talked about ideas. Wow, that was good TV.

But, c'mon. You expect me to believe that these TV producer guys can be so satisfied professionally that they have no personal life outside of standing up for their beliefs on gay marriage? Dont get me wrong, just because most shows seem to take place in a world where noone ever lied to the American people to justify invading Iraq, doesnt mean that all TV should avoid the pressing issues of the day.

But that also doesnt mean that you can just invent shells of characters in shells of an enviroment and expect us to have fun watching them debate. Clearly, if this show is gonna shape up, it needs to invest a little more into the personal lives of their characters.

Or at least show some boobs.