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felizusnavidad · 1 month

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i binged the in the heights obc recording and was thinking "you know what? i love hamilton, but i think in the heights is dearer to my heart. something about the sense of community, the characters. hamilton was my introduction to lmm but in the heights tops for sure."

only to listen to hurricane and completely change my mind. lin manuel miranda you talented person you.

and by the way is it just me or is lmm absolutely devouring in hurricane? i watched hamilton live and the actor was very very good but nobody beats lin's hurricane for me.

his face when he goes "and in the face of ignorance and resistance" and then his desperation at "i picked up a pen i wrote my own deliverance" had me spellbound wtf. genuinely he's never been hotter. is it just me??

it's definitely not just you, anon! 😭

so i would probably say the same thing: hamilton introduced me to lmm's work (well, to be fair it was encanto not hamilton but oh well hamilton is the one that made me obsessed) & i genuinely think it's better, but in the heights is, to quote you, dearer to my heart.

hurricane tho... one of my faves from hamilton. & i do agree, lin's version is so special, so many emotions, like he's so sad & depressed at the beginning that he's almost crying & then he is literally aggressive while singing this line, i-

"genuinely he's never been hotter", i am thinking thoughts right now. 100% agree with you on that & i don't know what else to say. i just watched it once again & my brain stopped working.

#i remember watching hamilton with my sister a few months ago & i think it was during helpless when she said #“well he is not that special tbh”#& i genuinely wanted to kill her & then also die right there cause #how dare she #speak like that of my husband dfjnoeronwkp #(i didn't say anything obviously she doesn't even know i have a huge crush on this guy)#(she just knows i love his music & she probably doesn't even remember his name)#idk i just wanted to share this embarrassing moment with you lol #lin manuel miranda #lmm #hamilton #anon #i saved every letter you wrote me*

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agentplutonium · 4 months

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Live Blog: watch this PNO book obsessed nerd watch ep three of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Spoilers under the cut. You’ve been warned.

- FUCKING GABE BEING THE ORACLE THATS SO FUNNY

- “and a bag of these things. I think they’re canadian. or from Chucky cheese, I don’t know” PLEASE WHY DID THAT TAKE ME OUTTT

- THE SHOES!! GOD THEYRE SO PRETTY (and so is Luke, but we don’t dwell on that because that’s the point and i have read the books i know where this goes)

- oh god we’re talking about Thalia i’m gonna cry

- ANNABETH!! ANNABETH MY BELOVED!!

- “And you. Are not. Thalia.” YOU TELL HIM GIRL

- THE BUS OH GOD

- “Forbidden Child” is such a metal sentence actually

- Leah is killing it in this role i’m so in love with her acting she’s such an amazing Annabeth

- UGH SHOWING ANNABETHS CHILD SIDE THIS IS SO!!!

- NO ANNABETH FET OUT OF THERE

- “They smell fear.” “That’s bees 🙄” I LOVE THEM

- oh god it’s dodds

- OH GOD SHES BARGAINING FOR PERCY

- HER SISTERS ARE HERE

- well that was disappointing/lh

- this forest is so pretty wait-

- “we don’t need help. we’re fine.” i love her

- “why are you so afraid of who you are?” “what?” DUDE

- THE UNCLE COMMENT. FORESHADOWING. SIR. SIR. i can’t take this

- “Excuse me?” GIRL. LEAH’S ACTING. TOP NOCH.

- “First? What do you mean “first”?” uh oh

- “hamburgers” man we are FLYING through this plot

- “not today, friends, not on my doorstep.” oh god. why is medusa hot. this is unfair.

- “i think we can trust her” white boy is at it again /j

- “we’re not our parents, after all.” oooo tie in to percabeth ???

- “So you’re not a monster, then.” “A survivor.” OOH. SO THIS IS HOW WE’RE PLAYING IT /POS

- “Do you know the story of how I became to be this way?” “I do!” “Do you?” Medusa love you’re gonna make me fall head over heels.

- Are we using Medusa as a metaphor for the reforged bond between Athena/Poseidon with Percabeth

- “My mother is Just. Always.” Girl idk how to tell you this-

- “She’s going to betray you. Sooner or later, people like her, always do.” GIRL YOU BETER STFU-

- BRINGING HIS MOM INTO THIS?? MAAM. MAAM DONT MAKE ME CHANGE MY OPINION IF YOU.

- FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

- GROVER WEARING THE SHOES OH GOD-

- OOO THIS IS AN INTERESTING ROOM

- PFF GROVER FLYING AWAY

- she’s still so pretty, i said what i said-

- PERCY THE GLOW OF THE SWORD

- GEOVER

- the hat on the head that’s p cool

- PLEASE THE TENSION

- ooo that’s smart

- NO NOT THE UNCLE THIS IS SADDER THAN THE BOOKS

- “He doesn’t look afraid.” *DISTANT SOBBING*

- grover speak your truth bb !! god i love him

- “Because the Oracle said one of you would betray me!” NOO PERCY

- “I’m feeling so alone! I don’t know what to think or who to trust.” *MORE DISTANT SOBBING*

- “They will see this as impertinent” “i am impertinent” PLEASE

- GIVING THE HAT BACK AHHHH *cries*

- PERCY SINGING THE SONG PLEASE

- LIN MANUEL MIRANDA :O

- “you guys are not gonna believe this-“ HAH

- fuck the preview makes the next ep look so good i’m so excited

OKAY THATS THE END IF THIS EPISODE guys i’m so in love with this show you don’t understand. i’m so. the autism is coming out. pray for me.

#percy jackson show #redacted audio #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo liveblog

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asteriasfallingstarsandtears · 3 months

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Slightly off topic to my notm, but since the PJO series has been adapted to be more modern, I want to think that Hermes (played by Lin Manuel Miranda) definitely spent a shit ton of time on Broadway.

Which means he probably did go see Hadestown and rocked out to a character of himself.

Now my question is, did he go, "Why yes, I am as cool as Andre De Shields, perfect casting" (He also probably said it for every version of the show he saw, Gods are vain like that). Andre's version of Hermes is my favorite of the ones I've seen and listened to, everyone brings their own flair to the character, and maybe I'm biased, but I really like Andre De Shield's version best.

Yes, the reference in the episode was directly to the original myth, but the line where he says nothing ever changes made me think about one of the last songs in Hadestown where Hermes is singing that they sing it/act it out in the hopes that one day, one miraculous day someday, the story will change and his friend Orpheus will save Eurydice, that the story won't end in tragedy, and that can directly tie into how he feels about Luke and the "Dumb Kids"

Like Orpheus, Hermes was unable to help Luke the way he wanted without it ending in tragedy.

Anyway, this is a ramble because I'm obsessed with Hadestown and Greek Myths retellings and PJO reaaaaaalllly scratches that itch.

#pjo series #pjo #green rambles #Hadestown #andre de shields #green is it really off topic if Hadestown is mention. shhhhhh

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adotham-1776 · 17 days

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Introduction!

Hey yall! I'm Daisy! my pronouns are she/her, and I have anxiety and undiagnosed ADHD.

I love musicals, with my favorites being Hamilton and In the Heights. I have seen a lot of them, and would like to see Heathers.

My taste in music is all over the place, but it is mostly showtoons with some country, pop, and rap thrown in. I will listen to anything Lin Manuel Miranda writes/sings.

My favorite books are Song of Achiles, The Book Theif, and Percy Jackson. I love greek mythology, and am a child of Hermes.

I love community, The good place, Brooklyn 99, and One Day at a Time. I'm also obsessed with ATLA, Percy Jackson, Nimona, and Haikyuu.

I'm hoping to become a lawyer, and love playing volleyball.

Hit me up if we have anything in common.

#percy jackon and the olympians #nimona #adhd #friends #looking for friends #get to know me #music #musical theater kid #song of achilles #hamilton musical #in the heights #country music #greek mythology #the good place #brooklyn 99 #community show #atla #volleyball

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ask-legacy-of-the-gods · 2 months

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Look…I didn’t want to be involved in Greek Mythology…

If you’re reading this because you think you also got involved, my advice is; Close this blog right now-

Hey! Quit ripping off Percy Jackson as the Header! You know I hate that series!

It’s a popular Series, Hermes, people will feel comfortable if they get the reference.

It’s a horrible reference, why can’t you just quote Hamilton?

Because not everyone can just QUOTE HAMILTON, he isn’t even REMOTELY relevant to Greek Mythology.

He is if his song writer is acting as me!

Can you please STOP OBSESSING OVER LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!

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In which a 16-Year Old Boy has no choice but to live with a god due to some issues…screw Olympus cause it’s doomed.

Also this is non-canon

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Rules:

No toxicity.

Please be mindful, I don’t know A LOT about Greek Mythology, I’m not an expert, this is just a small fictional story that I created inspired by PJO, please know that I am not an experienced expert.

You can probably talk about the 18+ things since Greek Mythology is THAT messed up holy shit…

No Anti LGBTQ (Screw you Homophobes)

Might be OOC who cares? Gods basically change personality depending on your perspective.

Enjoy!

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Currently available:

Hermes

Cyrus Brown.

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#oc #ocs #my ocs #greek mythology #ask blog #hermes #cyrus brown

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silvermillenniumqueenneptune · 2 months

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Fanfic Question for a Royalty AU -- Please read the context below before you vote!

Hey, everyone! So, I am reposting this because I accidentally skewed my own results by voting no when I didn't mean to vote at all. Several years ago, at the height of my obsession with Hamilton, I began a story I titled "The Life We've Been Given". The pairing was Lin Manuel Miranda x author insert. The story was based on a royalty prompt I found here on Tumblr and takes place in a universe where parts of the US and US territories broke off and became independent monarchies during a second civil war. North and South Carolina formed a united country, and my self-insert is the heir to its' throne. I am disabled IRL and don't often write my condition into my fanworks. I've struggled with whether or not I should leave my disability in place in this story, so I wanted to hear from all of you.

#ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #disabled author #royalty au #actor rpf

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silverchainbee · 2 years

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Help I saw Hamilton live and am officially obsessed. Better late than never? Ran out of fanfics pretty quickly though, any recs please?????? Or any Lin-Manuel Miranda character fics will also accept.

Also am realising I have no theatre friends so I need to discuss my love!!!!

Written while watching on Disney plus for the 10th time this week.

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moviemunchies · 9 months

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I saw this movie with friends, because they wanted to see it. And I don’t think it’s a bad film; as a family film, it’s just fine. However, I can’t say that this movie feels like it justifies its existence.

It doesn’t need to exist! We already have The Little Mermaid! It didn’t need to be redone!

Alright! So! Ariel is the mermaid daughter of Triton, the King of the Seas, and she’s obsessed with humans and their world much to her father’s disapproval. Then she falls in love with Prince Eric and saves his life. When Triton finds out, he wrecks her collection of human artifacts, which the sea witch Ursula uses as a way to manipulate Ariel. She offers to make Ursula human for three days, with a chance to be human forever if she can get her true love, Eric, to kiss her. Except she won’t have her voice, and she’s forgotten that she needs the kiss. And if she fails, she belongs to the sea witch now. Ursula, of course, only wants Ariel as leverage to overthrow Triton, her brother.

Alright, so, let me first put forward this: I don’t know if I’ve ever seen the original animated The Little Mermaid all the way through. If I have, I’m not that familiar with it, so while I’ve had some input on what’s changed, through asking friends and looking up for myself, I might get something wrong.

I am going to start with things I liked or thought were well-done:

-Performances in general. For the most part, the acting in this movie is good, and Halle Bailey is a standout star. Her singing is fantastic, and she is absolutely an excellent choice to lead this movie. I heard someone say that she cried when she heard “Part of Your World” in the theater this time around, and I didn’t get it, but I admitted she does a damn good musical number when she gives it a go.

-Daveed Diggs is also doing a pretty good job as Sebastian. Admittedly that doesn’t make his character in this movie great, his design is uninspired for one, only that Diggs is doing incredibly well with what he’s given.

-When the special effects are bright and colorful, it’s really cool. Look, this is an undersea magical world, so it SHOULD be colorful and fantastical. There’s a lot that’s great to look at in some sequences, especially in “Under the Sea” (though put a pin in that, we’ll come back to that number).

-Things that have been headcanon or limited to supplementary material/expansions, like Triton’s queen having been slain by humans or Ursula being Triton’s sister do a lot to explain these characters, and they’re quickly established without taking up too much of the movie. It works a lot better than whatever the heck they were doing with Belle’s mother in the Beauty & the Beast remake.

But you know, there are also a lot of things that also kind of fall flat. Going back to the “Under the Sea” argument, there’s a whole bit where Sebastian sings about the different sea creatures playing different instruments–only to have almost none of those creatures appear on the screen at those moments, or have them playing instruments at all. I thought I might be mistaken, so I looked up the original scene in the animated film, and the animals are all doing exactly that as Sebastian describes them. So why have this song, with these lyrics, if the sea animals aren’t on screen doing what you’re saying they’re doing?

This is probably an extension of the obsession with the remakes of making animals look “realistic” and “realistic animals don’t play instruments”. Or something. It’s at the absolute worst whenever Flounder’s on screen, because he doesn’t look like a character as much as a real fish who is baffled to be there and would rather you stop touching him, thank you very much.

Also they go through the trouble of changing Scuttle to a diving bird so she can go underwater to talk to Ariel and friends, but like… that means she can breathe underwater for short periods? Which is as unrealistic as it gets.

The less said about “Scuttlebutt” rap, the better. Lin-Manuel Miranda is a great songwriter, but Disney needs to stop hiring him for everything. It doesn’t fit here–every song in the original serves a dramatic or character-building purpose. Here, “Scuttlebutt” tells us something that’s proven untrue a minute later: that Eric is proposing to Ariel that day.

Also, when the “Under the Sea” sequence, and some of the others, show off a fantastical world of color and wonder, it’s a little disappointing to see exactly how drab Triton’s palace is. He’s King of the Sea and his house is drab, undecorated stone?

The conclusion is also a bit strange. In it, Ariel is the one who drives the wrecked ship to impale giant Ursula instead of Eric. I get why they did this, so that she’s a much more straightforwardly powerful protagonist with agency–SHE’s the one who defeats the villain in the end. Okay, fine, but this also means that Prince Eric does almost nothing in the climax of the movie. He, the experienced sailor, just flails about while Ariel, the one who didn’t know what a fork was a week ago, steers a ship into the Big Bad.

Yeah, that makes sense, right?

More than anything though, my main complaint about this movie is: why does this exist? I know the answer, it’s money. I am fully convinced that there could have been a great movie made out of reviving The Little Mermaid. We could get a movie about Ursula’s story, Triton’s rule, other mermaids like Ariel’s sisters, Ariel adjusting to life on land, putting this in a different setting, gender-swapping this… really, Disney could be doing anything right now and instead they’re telling the same story again, but with a bigger budget and tiny little patches to cover up perceived failings and Plot Holes, like making Ariel magically forget that she has to kiss Eric.

But no, it’s about the money.

There’s some good in this movie, and I maintain that as a family film, it’s just fine. Whatever. But The Little Mermaid already exists, and you could watch the original one instead. This is just a copy that feels less creative, blatantly developed because Disney wants our money.

And they’re getting it, apparently. Ugh.

#Movie Munchies #The Little Mermaid #Disney #remakes #reviews

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godspellkid · 2 years

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Back on Tumblr

I spent a good 10 years of my life on Tumblr and then called it quits back in 2016. Since then, I've fallen in love with musical theatre. My friends hate musical theatre, so I am once again back on this site.

Looking to follow people who post about:

Hamilton

Book of Mormon

Six the Musical

In The Heights

Heathers

Falsettos

The Prom

Come From Away

Lin Manuel Miranda

Andrew Rannells

Those are really just the current things I am obsessing over, but I am happy to follow anyone posting about musicals in general. Basically, if you like this post, I'll follow you.

#musicals #musical theatre #theatre kid #broadway #come from away #hamilton #lin manuel miranda #andrew rannells #the book of mormon #six the musical #in the heights #Heathers #Falsettos #The Prom #west end theatre #broadway musicals #book of mormon

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felizusnavidad · 8 months

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Hey, whats your story? I’m curious how ya became Lin-Manuel Miranda’s fan 😄

STORY TIME!

ok anon, so the thing is, i've heard about this guy before, i've been familiar with some of his stuff, but i was never really interested (shame on me. I KNOW).

it changed a little bit when i heard about encanto (2021) for the first time and actually fell in love with the soundtrack before i even saw the movie. i remember i even learned how to play "we don't talk about bruno" on ukulele lol. the soundtrack was actually the reason i decided to watch it (and i knew nothing about the plot, this was the first time something like this happened to me). i totally loved it of course and i was truly obsessed for a while (i just wasn't loud about it). not even with the movie but with the songs. and of course i knew who wrote them.

so i've been planning to watch hamilton for a very long time and this thought just came back to me this year when my bestie started fixating on the little mermaid (2023) and she was actually the one who told me lin is writing some songs for the soundtrack. we were both so hyped. i remember i didn't know that much about him back then but i slowly started falling in love with his music and after seeing the little mermaid i was just like OK IT'S TIME FOR HAMILTON NOW. first i listened to some songs and i loved them so much i eventually decided to watch the play, so i did that and... oh boy, i knew i was fucked.

honestly, anon, i don't know if anyone even knows about this but the night i saw hamilton for the first time was also the worst night of my life (some personal shit happened) and after that i decided to focus my whole energy on this new fixation which helped me get through the hardest period of my life. and it's not only hamilton, it's mr miranda himself. i literally fell in love with his beautiful mind, i think i will never get tired of his music, both hamilton and in the heights are my comfort soundtracks now. i could talk about him for hours. i could also watch him talk for hours. so i know i am very loud about my love for him but i don't think that's ever going to change and i'm not even sorry. he is the love of my life.

#so yeah #oversharing at its finest #thank you for this ask tho!#i really love talking about him #also i know im late to the party #thats the only thing im sorry about #ily anon <3 #anon #lmm #i saved every letter you wrote me*

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clintbeifong · 2 years

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A Rather Spiral-Shaped Essay on Genre and Worldbuilding in The West Wing

I’ve been having a lot of thoughts about The West Wing recently. I just finished the show for the first time and I am both continually wowed but it’s excellence and left with this strange longing for it. I’ve been obsessed with many a show in my day, but I can’t think of one that’s left me with such an aching sense of nostalgia, and especially not so soon after watching it. Maybe a piece of that is political, that there is a longing for the show’s pervasive sense of both hope and competency.

But I’m not here to talk politics, I’m here to talk narrative.

So much about The West Wing is excellent. The dialogue. The acting. The characterization. The humor, drama, costumes, set design, music, editing, direction, on and on. Literally everything. Except for Mandy, who was just okay.

But in trying to figure out what makes the show feel so unique, so itself, what I keep coming back to is the story world—both the environment the narrative plays out in and the way the show handles and constructs that world.

To my mind, The West Wing is perched at the intersection of three different genres (or subgenres of TV drama, really). One is a classic workplace drama. Offices. Meetings. Suits. Memos. Another is a high stakes, more action-packed drama where the characters’ actions can literally affect the world. This is more common in sci-fi and fantasy, and in historical drama where we already know the characters’ choices affect the world going forward. It’s not a secret or an accident that Lin-Manuel Miranda is a huge fan of TWW. And the third is a fast-paced procedural drama where characters’ minute-to-minute actions have life or death consequences, usually on a more personal scale. This is your classic doctor/lawyer/detective show.

And some fascinating tonal alchemy happened when Sorkin and the gang wove them all together. From the world-stakes drama the show gets it’s macro tensions—the episode or arc-long questions like, Can the president prevent war? Will he assist refugees and asylum seekers? Avert nuclear disaster?

These give the show an instant weight to it that underpins everything else, but I’d argue that they aren’t what makes the show feel like itself. For all of it’s global, life-defining stakes, The West Wing feels small compared to a lot of other entries in this genre. And by small I mean intimate. Lacking in a lot of action, stunts and effects, gore, or other fanfare that makes a lot of other shows in the world-stakes genre feel bombastic in comparison.

For that feeling we have to turn to the other two genres, the workplace drama and the high-stakes procedural. From the procedural we get the basic happenings of a given episode of TWW. The characters start out with a stated goal, like to pass a piece of legislation, and must navigate the system in which they work to accomplish it. Granted, the procedure is less standard here. Unlike an episode of your favorite detective show, which probably goes body → clues → red herring → aha moment → case brake with some regularity, The West Wing’s procedures are less clear-cut, and they’re aren’t the centerpiece of every episode, but they are there. They’re particularly prevalent in Josh’s storylines because it’s his job to wrangle votes and such, but the same could be said for CJ and the press, the President and the Joint Chiefs, Leo and pretty much everybody, Toby and the issue of the week, etc. A general outline might be: identify opposition → confront opposing parties → negotiate → assess feasibility of giving opponent what they want → try alternative channels → aha moment → attempt renegotiation and/or hail mary → success or failure.

This is the business that keeps the characters busy, and to great effect. The characters of The West Wing are always on their feet, always pivoting at a moment’s notice, and that’s impressive because the more standard examples in this category often have literal action happening on screen to accompany the mental activities of trying to solve the case of the week (be it a medical, forensic, or legal one). In TWW, much of the action happens off screen (everything military, for example.)

But what gives the show it’s texture, both its look and its feel, is the workplace trapping that are sitting neatly on top of everything else. It’s the reason that, despite their wildly different stakes and scope, the show I’m continually tempted to compare The West Wing to is The Office. Both have this incredibly comfortable sense of mundanity to them. No matter how absurd Michael Scott’s antics get or how high-stakes the President’s crisis of the day becomes, it’s all wrapped up in this sense that you know these people, you’ve been them and worked with them. Both shows—to me anyway—have this sense that people are trying their best to live their everyday lives in a world the was not build for that and does not care if they succeed—and in many instances is pretty much designed to ensure their failure.

And yet they care if they succeed.

And we care if they succeed.

Something really beautiful blooms in those gaps.

They’re also both genius-tier, once-in-a-generation titans of their particular genres and I’m sure that has something to do with this shared feeling too, but go with me, I’d doing a thing.

Once upon a time I took a high school theater class and I remember the teacher breaking the way you move your body on stage down into three categories: business, movement, and gesture.

Business was the actions the keep your character occupied, the tasks. Washing dishes is business. Dialing the phone is business.

Movement was the physical moving from one place to another, across a room, to a new place, etc.

Gesture was the little things that give your character personality. The way they fidget with their hair or greet someone with both hands.

Using that as a framework and applying it to the narrative at hand, The West Wing excels in all categories. The high-stakes political setting give the show its movement, its major actions, its broad strokes. The procedural aspect give the show it’s business, the tasks that keep its character frenetically occupied. And the office drama provides the gesture, what I like to call the texture of a story. These are the little things that make the characters their own. This is what it looks and feels like to exist in the world of The West Wing.

And without going too far down that rabbit hole at this moment, I think this might be a useful framework to examine other stories through too. After all, all functional stories have these things (though my guess is most don’t have three levels that echo three different genres and seamlessly blend them together.)

Traditionally narratives are talked about as existing on two major levels: plot and character; the what and the why. But I don’t know, I’m kinda liking this three-tier thing. At least with the TWW, I think it captures something about the show that would be missing otherwise.

Idk, it’s a texture thing.

Oh wait, I said I was going to talk about the way the show manages its world too. Damn. Okay, real quick:

Well, the shortest version is just me saying, “en media res + trusting your audience = *chefs kiss*” but the thing I actually want to articulate about The West Wing’s use of worldbuilding is this: they basically got to cheat.

They got to cheat at something that is very hard to accomplish is sci-fi and fantasy--that’s where worldbuilding is most often talked about as such, but all stories have it. The West Wing exists in unique situation where it occupies a rich and complex world of nuance and protocols and procedures and you the audience are already expected to know about them.

The American Presidency has a unique kind of modern mythology around it, one that an American audience—and probably a good chunk of an international one, let’s be honest (sorry about that)—knows through cultural osmosis even if they don’t follow politics and have dumped every moment of high school civics class from their memories.

The show gets to exploit that by trusting that you either know it already or you’ll figure it out. It doesn’t have to explain what a state dinner is, or what the State of the Union is and why it’s important. It doesn’t have to explain the White House or Air Force One or the Situation Room because you’ve heard of them already. Sure, if there’s something particularly technical that’s necessary to understand a plot point they’ll bury the exposition so they know everyone’s following, but for a lot of major elements of the show they get to skip that step.

This leads to an incredibly immersive experience that lives on the line between fiction and reality. Since you know all the elements at the core of this show are real, it lends TWW both a gravitas and a groundedness that are incredibly hard to come by, whether you’re building your world from scratch or not. I mean, name another real-world scenario that functions that way? One outside of law, medicine, and law enforcement, aka the holy trinity of procedural drama? Name a real-world world that you can be dropped into that convincingly with so little exposition.

Part of this is just exceptional storytelling on Sorkin’s part—technically you can do this in any story world but damn is it difficult—but there’s something unique about both the setting of The West Wing and the way it capitalizes on the audience’s guaranteed prior knowledge of that setting that really helps The West Wing sing. Plus it helps that both the writers and the audience can look up any part of this world they want to understand better. *Cries in fantasy writer*

So anyway, those are my thoughts on The West Wing.

Take them as you will.

#the west wing #essay #meta #i made a thing #and now I proofread it too ;P

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