However, I thought the gay marriage debate between Harry and Matt was just over the top. It was a long, drawn out, awkward subplot that existed 1) so Sorkin could rant about the subject (As Steven said, "Wow, he still feels bad about having Bartlet sign the Defense of Marriage Act in season two, doesn't he?")
Have to admit, I kinda loved it. Yes, Sorkin was kinda hammering on the subject the way only Sorkin can, but Harriet is just so darn HUMAN and she's adorable punching the wall, and she's 75% of the parents in my church, she's my relatives, my high school friends, my mom and dad, she's even me, all of us who -- from time to time -- wish this crazy cultural tilt-a-whirl would just STOP and let us breathe for a minute.
I mean, I know why civil rights and equality shouldn't have to wait -- my great-grandfather paid a head tax to get into this country, which the gov't is finally paying back to my great-grandmother. I support gay marriage even if I will probably never avail myself of that fine institution. But Harriet (Sorkin) makes a good point. The world is changing so fast, the divide between left and right seems to leave a yawning chasm in between, and so many of us don't know where to stand. We don't know.
And that's why I'm massively crushing on Sarah Paulson/Harriet Hayes right now.
Just my humble opinion :)
But I totally agree with you that Sorkin needs to stop pushing the Matt/Harriet thing so hard. I like the pairing, but this is an ensemble first and foremost.
Well, it was kind of less what Harriet and Matt were saying and more the fact that it was so damn drawn out that bothered me. I like that she has those opinions, because I think it's very realistic, and I love that he's taking the time to paint her as confused as opposed to ignorant, but I felt like a solid 40% of this episode was Matt and Harriet saying the same things over and over and over again, just so that, at the end, Matt could nullify his entire angry tirade by saying, "I want to save you from gay street thugs." All the other subplots this week were so interesting to me that I was starting to get irate with Sorkin flashing back to the same "Matt and Harriet disagree on many social issues but are clearly in love still" theme he's had going since the beginning.
But, I will admit, I've got a pretty big crush on Sarah Paulson, too, and Harriet punching the wall basically made me giggle in sympathetic glee for the rest of the night whenever she was on screen XD
Have to admit, I kinda loved it. Yes, Sorkin was kinda hammering on the subject the way only Sorkin can, but Harriet is just so darn HUMAN and she's adorable punching the wall, and she's 75% of the parents in my church, she's my relatives, my high school friends, my mom and dad, she's even me, all of us who -- from time to time -- wish this crazy cultural tilt-a-whirl would just STOP and let us breathe for a minute.
I mean, I know why civil rights and equality shouldn't have to wait -- my great-grandfather paid a head tax to get into this country, which the gov't is finally paying back to my great-grandmother. I support gay marriage even if I will probably never avail myself of that fine institution. But Harriet (Sorkin) makes a good point. The world is changing so fast, the divide between left and right seems to leave a yawning chasm in between, and so many of us don't know where to stand. We don't know.
And that's why I'm massively crushing on Sarah Paulson/Harriet Hayes right now.
Just my humble opinion :)
But I totally agree with you that Sorkin needs to stop pushing the Matt/Harriet thing so hard. I like the pairing, but this is an ensemble first and foremost.
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But, I will admit, I've got a pretty big crush on Sarah Paulson, too, and Harriet punching the wall basically made me giggle in sympathetic glee for the rest of the night whenever she was on screen XD
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