And she was robbed! That was an extremely tight category that year and Allison Janney was excellent in Masters of Sex, but if you were to look up "killing it" in the dictionary the footnote would read "see Jane Fonda in Red Team III".
This is probably how the conversations behind the scenes in Fox news are going right now. They dont have the trust of the American people anymore.....and CNN is dead. Body mind and soul and fox is trying to catch up.
I remember Jane talked about this scene in an interview a long time ago: "I would have slept with Aaron to give me this scene, I didn't even have to sleep with anybody to get this scene maybe that's why he wrote this scene. It's one of the great scenes for an actress"
Honestly, never have I ever seen such an amazing scene from all of the actors. Jeff Daniels and Sam Waterston hold the scene down, while Emily Mortimer provides the emotion. And then the amazing Jane Fonda busts into the room and completely blows them all out of the water, and just as I'm thinking how could this get any better the incredible Marcia Gay Harden enters saying only one line, and the final two lines that just send chill down my spine, It was absolutely genius for the episode to end right there. It is such a damn shame this show was cancelled because it could have been on the air for at least 7 year if the views had been higher.
1- the concept was f.... up from the getgo : judging real politics ex post through the comfortable lens of a fictional newsroom ? even sorkin, who can be the poster boy for liberal obnoxious ass, realized how stupid it was when he calmed down on the real stuff (santorum view on gays) and started substituting some - reality inspired - fictional character and event (operation genoa). He said himself he didn't know how to write it the first seasons. By the time he got it about right it was too late. Many people, including people who watched the west wing, were fed up with the cringe-inducing moral lecture on real life. 2- sorkin can write some seriously awesome lines but if you ve already seen one his shows you kind of ve seen them all. Style is one thing but he has a style so strong that it ends up putting everything else in the background. You can practically hear him through some characters. 3 - no show should last 7 seasons. Breaking bad got 5 The wire 5 Mad men got 7 and from season 3 it lost its mojo, House of cards got soapy from season 2, THe list goes on.
HBO didn't cancel The Newsroom. Aaron Sorkin walked away from it. Sorkin has said multiple times that, after West Wing, he will never do another TV series longer than three seasons. And HBO ended the show because of it rather than try to find a new show runner who would only succeed in causing the show's quality to decline, just like what happened to West Wing.
He's an amazing actor. Hugely underrated even with his level of acclaim. Him and Daniels are an incredible duo and the scenes he does with Oliver Munn just fucking crackle.
FOX news will always have the trust of stupid, stupid, delusional people and that's their entire audience. Added to which, in a weird way Fox news is similar to ACN in that its owner doesn't care about it turning a profit. It exists to distort the national conversation. The other news networks by and large maintain journalistic and factual standards (you'd have to be a reflexive "both-sides" spouting ignoramus to claim otherwise) but they have to make a profit so there are many stories they just won't do because they're not sexy, and a whole lot of drek they'll air because it is (see the Casey Anthony episode for a dramatized version of that sentence).
@@raggedcritical Nice try trying to sneak that 'ignoramus' comment under my radar by not having the guts to reply to me directly. But anyone who's spent more than 5 minutes looking at the lies spouted by MSNBC and CNN (first glorifying democratic figures calling for blm riots and then back peddling on them when people were dying and claiming Trump didn't say anything against those riots being an obvious and recent example of their fireworks displays of deceit) knows that both sides of the political big media spectrum are pushing hand picked bullshit. This is not a debate. I'm stating a fact. Your acceptance of it is irrelevant.
ROFL Fox news? One mainstream outlet vs literally the entirety of other news outlets, talk shows, and networks. Give me a break. The deck is stacked so far to the left you'd have to be blind to think somehow Fox is the problem. That's not to say that Fox isn't ridiculously right leaning, but they are far outweighed by every other news outlet's left leaning "news". The silver lining is people are watching them less and less.
Person said something someone else wrote, I am in love. Favourite actors I could understand, but favourite people simply because they delivered lines written by someone else?
I have watched this scene a zillion times and I just now noticed that at 0:57 Leona picks up Mackenzie’s drink and starts sipping it 😂😂. I assumed that was a power move of some sort but then I remembered she was stoned and she was probably just thirst. It’s absolutely iconic.
I like how in this story there are no real bad guys among the main cast. Everyone had their foibles but at their heart they are good people. In the beginning of the series you get the feeling that you're going to hate both Ms. Lansing and her son Reese. Turns out later they aren't that bad of people. The real enemy in this series are lies, and the people who tell them, and they never lost that focus.
That problem is, people that have character, in real life, seldom - if ever- accumulate enough money to be in this position. The acquisition of money requires a love of said money that exceeds all other character. Would you care for examples, or does your life experiences tell you I am right. This is a fictional TV show, well written and well acted, but fiction at its core.
Jane Fonda has Always been a powerhouse of brains, beauty and integrity. Her moral center has helped me understand for decades that the unpopular correct thing is alweays better than the popular wrong thing. I'm proud of the person I became Because People like her existed as role models.
This is some of the best acting Jane Fonda has done in EVER! Really wonderfully played. A great scene with great actors. How Fonda pulls off glib, smart, insightful yet stoned is just perfectly done!
Had to come here again and watch this scene. It was just from top to tail perfection. The dialogue is so polished and it just doesn't feel like it's being over dramatised or over-expositioned. It feels like I'm in the room with them whilst they decide what they're going to do.
So there is this thing you get taught when taking writing classes about scenes within scenes. There is the scene within the movie’s plot, aka how it fits into the larger story. There is the character within the scene, aka how the character moves through a scene. And then there is the scene within a monologue, aka how a character moves within their own mind. The best work meet all the needs while feeling organic. Leona’s moment here is one of the greatest examples: this moment has to introduce the character, sum up the conflict, let us know how ACN fits within the larger world, motivate our main characters (but first bring them down), and also be entertaining. Also, within all that, remind us that Jane Fonda is Jane Fucking Fonda. One of the best parts about Sorkin is ornamentation. He’s not a brisk and clean writer. He dangles all these little bits of glass from each line; never missing an opportunity to have an aside or parenthetical. He uses these little ornaments to reveal character but also to give us hooks to hold as we move through the scene. These hooks also give the other actors so much to react to, which is important since his dialogue can often make actors look like they are sucking in enough breath to get through their next mountain of dialogue. But my favorite thing about Sorkin is that, even tho it’s tv and movies, he makes every conversation feel like it’s on stage. Shit happens within dialogue in a sorkin work, even with great cinematography and lighting, even with huge mountains of dialogue, every Sorkin scene feels like some big time actor is on a stage, live and breathing, in front of you working to earn your attention.
@@scotte2815 she has paid her dues. Go back and watch Klute, Julia, The China Syndrome. They Shoot Horses Don’t They? And try and say she isn’t talented. The thing Jane proves mostly is how great American Christians are a holding grudges.
@@alanclark9326 WOW! Blame holding grudges on Christianity while defending an unamerican hypocrite. And WHAT dues has she paid? What currency has she offered in payment of her disrespect to American servicemen while aiding and abiding foreign enemies during a time of war? I'll wager that you voted for the likes of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Osamabama, and Hillary? and as for talent, nope, I don't see any!
@@scotte2815 hay MAGGOT who else but the Christians? The evangelicals to be specific. It will always tickle the shit out of me the idiots cashed in on the orange shit stain. All creditability gone for generations. Daddy Falwell would be crying. Praise be bro.
There’s nothing greater in life then when you have men/women of integrity willing to sacrifice themself even when they didn’t make a mistake just to protect a higher principle. And tue person in ultimate charge, stands by you. It’s people and ethics like this that allows true progress in the world to happen.
Of course, the scene was written that way, but by gawd that Fonda woman can act. She dominates the scene from start to finish. One of the best in the series so far.
I'm not sure it's possible for Aaron Sorkin to write anything more impressive than this. And for these powerhouse actors to portray such an incredible story. After all this time, this is still brilliant and impactful. This is the America that I long for
Crazy when this show aired people thought it was a little pretentious and over the top but it seems tame compared to what people call "news" today. Can you imagine this show in an era where Newsmax exists? 🤣
I watch so much crap TV and movies and I just found Jane Fonda. This is easily one of my all time favorite scenes. She was brilliant in it. The show itself was good, at least the idea behind it. I didn't care much for the love battles that were happening in the background. This show seems to be dealing with a critical topic in today's world, unbiased and professional news and commentary.
Jane Fonda blew the hinges off this scene. How she managed to play stoned & angry, yet funny and still completely in charge shows the talent she has. Sheer brilliance.
As much as he wrote "the truth" about his subjects, he leaves out the real truth about religiosity and he seems to think everyone watching his series ( _The West Wing_ also) actually cares about who is dating and fucking whom.
Well, no. It's not as if the others aren't acting well. You've confused the intended power of the character in the script with the people (actors) playing the other lines in the script. It's written to MAKE LEONA the high priestess of the scene. It's probably written backwards from the final line to MAKE the others look like pussies and to be reminded of their highest principles and to reveal how much heart and principle and wiles Leona actually has. But they all acted superbly, and in full character ... given their roles to support the final line by Leona.
I just saw this last night (I usually buy full series instead of watching them on TV, that way I decide when I keep watching, no need to wait for the next episode).
The whole season was a bit of a bust. It seemed a lot weaker than the first season. That is what I thought going into this scene. The Jane Fonda comes along and makes all the time spent watching the show worthwhile. Talk about a dramatic payoff.
yeah, the season tried to juggle both the fact that Newsroom had set out to provide a (new)standard for news-reporting and journalism while at the same time dealing with the immense fallout from completely botching what Operation Genoa was about.
I disagree I think the show is strongest when it goes totally fictional instead of piggybacking real events which can age badly or just seem overly sentimental/political. Genoa is an original a gripping story told in a flashback format where the people are being grilled by the lawyers after a big dramatic event and each episode gets you closer and closer to finding out what it is.
One of the best episodes of TV Aaron Sorkin has ever done and that is saying something. This episode and episodes 4-7 of season 1 can go against anything the West Wing could bring to the table besides Noèl and Two Cathedrals (which might be the best hour of TV ever)
"Leona, we don't have the trust of the public, anymore." "Get it back !" *cut to black* F me, I was ready to stand up in front of the screen at attention, yelling "Yes, ma'am !" and go get that trust of the public back.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the stellar acting here and how incredibly stunning Ms. Fonda looks in this scene? She is classic and ballsy, and that wearing that dress like the absolute QUEEN she is. Loved this show so much. Well written, paced, tense and good. They just do no make series like this anymore.
GOD I LOVE SORKIN! It is so sad that of all the shows he has done with politics and news, that what is happening in the USA and the world should make us wish that real people acted like TV shows. I am heart broken that I come to these clips to feel good for a moment. 😟
Jane Fonda has never been so hot. The final episode of season two where she's stoned again and craving pizza, needs to be included with this. It's an amazing one-two punch.
