West Wing War: The Battle for Credit on “In Excelsis Deo”
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"In Excelsis Deo" (The West Wing)
Season 1, Episode 10
Aired: Dec. 15, 1999
Written By: Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland
Directed By: Alex Graves
As Christmas Eve approaches, President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) eagerly sneaks out of the White House for some last minute Christmas shopping, while a haunted Toby (Richard Schiff) learns more about a forgotten Korean War hero (Ralph Denton) who died alone on the District’s cold streets, wearing a coat that Toby once donated to charity. In other hushed corridors, Sam (Rob Lowe) and Josh (Bradley Whitford) ignore Leo’s (John Spencer) advice and consult Sam’s call girl friend (Lisa Edelstein) concerning her confidential clientele when one political rival hints at exposing Leo’s previous drug problem. C.J. (Alison Janney) wonders aloud about the president’s public response to a notorious hate crime, while her personal resolve weakens as a persistent reporter (Timothy Busfield) continues to ask her out. And Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) relates her bittersweet memories of Christmas to Charlie (Dule Hill).
©NBC / Warner Bros. Television 1999
Perhaps one of TV's most vaunted holiday episodes, behind the scenes erupted a bitter feud between Sorkin and the episode's co-writer Rick Cleveland. It was a feud that went public... capping off a terrible 2001 for Sorkin who was also mired in the midst of a writers' room revolt, a drug arrest, and personal issues #TheWestWing #AaronSorkin #screenwriting
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Thanks for using my blog NewsCat to help inform you about this story. (I spied it 😊) You went further than I did on this part of the story. And I wrote the original blog in 2006 to preserve for historical records the terribleness of Aaron Sorkin. I feel as if my little blog helped but also that Sorkin continued to be an asshole forever. I discuss this incident a little on an episode of a podcast The West Wing Thing about the U.S. Poet Laureate. The only thing I would add, that you probably couldn’t, was Sorkin’s drug use to write scripts was at its height in the second year (another reason he was acting up online).
I met Rick a while back in the UK while he was over here for a writer’s room. I think he was working on The Man in the High Castle. We all went bowling in Shoreditch and I chatted to him for ages as I was such a WW fan. He complained about Sorkin trying to take credit for his episode which went on to win the Emmy! He was still hurt by it all. Also he was quite arrogant. True story!
Who was "quite arrogant"?
Mandy! Her name was Mandy!
Yeah, but Mindy sucked.
Her name is Nala!
Rick and Ron strike again ?
I'm not a TV writer- I write articles - but know quite a bit about writing in terms of the TV industry .
If Cleveland 's script required a page 1 rewrite, that's one of the worst things that can happen to a script on a TV sbow.
That meant Sorkin came in to rewrite it whole.
Bad sign but apparently the rewrite went exceedingly well on this episode
It's no wonder that Cleveland got dumped from the show.
I thought Sorkin behaved badly at the Emmys and online
But apparently Clevelands original draft weren't very good or well received
As a writer, your creative use of left justification (was this formatted?!) and sporadic punctuation are in keeping with the lack of actual content or observation in your comment.
How on earth are you getting paid to write?
@@Crossword131
Your premise is invalid.
Have a nice day.
@@writeralbertlanier3434 My premise - if I need/have one - is that I have been writing for legacy media (30+yrs,) crafted nationally-broadcast ad campaigns. And built new media departments at 2 agencies, 1 museum and a security firm. I've written direct mail garbage that gets thrown instantly into the trash, But I've got outdoor boards that are still standing 20yrs later, refreshed every season. I've won a ton of industry awards. For writing Web, trad, print, guérilla, radio, TV and live events.
*_I've been paid for writing._*
My premise is that this sample insufficient to convince me (or any other neurotypicals reading it,) that you are able to construct better than a vapid and sloppily rendered comment.
Perhaps a better sample would convince me.
@@writeralbertlanier3434 I'm actually curious...have you published under your name?
@@Crossword131 Nah I always published under my pen name- Roger Ebert.
LOL