At the recent TV Critics Association panel introducing the new fall primetime season, recovering addict Aaron Sorkin compared the influence of television in America to “bad crack in the schoolyard:”
As the audience of journalists erupted into laughter, Sorkin playfully asked, “Why did I use that word?”
Actor Bradley Whitford replied, “I have no clue.”
At first, Sorkin simply added, “Everything is fine,” but later joked, “I will go person to person giving each $100 if we can just get the crack quote out of the papers tomorrow.”
Clearly, Sorkin’s pockets weren’t deep enough to get the cover-up job done.
And, worse, his slip may also have unintentionally shed some light on a larger issue: Sorkin’s mistaken yet firmly-held belief that there is such a thing as good crack in the schoolyard…
