In which we attempt to unpack a very complicated Aaron Sorkin metaphor
Photo: NOAM GALAI/Getty Images On Monday, the New York Times ran an extensive interview with Aaron Sorkin, which reads like a crumpled road map through the conception of an Aaron Sorkin story, one where Good Liberals who are also anti-heroes wrestle with the soul of America and win.
“You start with a feeling about an interesting workplace, whether it’s a cable newsroom or the White House. Getting that feeling, that idea, from your head to the page to the screen is like trying to walk from here to there with water in your hands. By the time you get to there, there’s not going to be much water left.
Obviously this in no way reflects my experience of the writing process, which I’d describe as “typing for hours without water breaks.” But what I really want to understand is what this metaphor could possibly refer to.
Or perhaps it’s some kind of meta-metaphor, where the grapes are the water and the water is the raw moral power of Sorkin’s mind. The hands are the wine barrels but the wine barrels are also hands, typing out Sorkin’s ideas so they can be sent as emails to other creatives for collaborative purposes. Keep in mind that these are faulty wine barrels, prone to leaks, like hands that need to hold water for a long time.
The West Wing did not come from a particular region of France where they grow the mind grapes that made President Bartlet so good at making decisions, but the metaphor doesn’t have to be perfect. Sorkin’s fermentation process is local, organic, and exactly what my dad likes to discuss as dinner is being served. If all goes to plan, it will yield a critically acclaimed Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Cheers.
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