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Aaron Sorkin on How He Considered Turning 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Into a Musical
Aaron Sorkin on How He Considered Turning 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Into a Musical
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Aaron Sorkin is widely considered the king of film and TV dialogue. Actors line up for a chance to feast on his words and the opportunity to deliver a Sorkin-penned speech. And yet his monologues never seem out of place; they fit organically into his stories and his characters. Sorkin says there’s a musicality to that.
“If you’re going to write a speech, you want the water to boil, you want to be able to get there,” Sorkin tells
Aaron Sorkin on How He Considered Turning 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Into a Musical
Jenelle Riley, provided by
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Aaron Sorkin is widely considered the king of film and TV dialogue. Actors line up for a chance to feast on his words and the opportunity to deliver a Sorkin-penned speech. And yet his monologues never seem out of place; they fit organically into his stories and his characters. Sorkin says there’s a musicality to that.
“If you’re going to write a speech, you want the water to boil, you want to be able to get there,” Sorkin tells
When Mob Inciters Become Lions of the Left
When Mob Inciters Become Lions of the Left
An Aaron Sorkin film celebrates the Chicago Seven for plotting an attack on a party convention.
Wonder Land: The collapse of liberal elites under a leftist offensive has been in the making since the 'Summer of Love.' Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly
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Helen Andrews
Jan. 13, 2021 12:17 pm ET
The Chicago Seven were countercultural heroes in the 1960s. They thumbed their noses through one of the country’s most notorious political trials, taunting the judge and making a mockery of the proceedings with flippant courtroom pranks. Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed a movie about them last year, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” which will probably win a few Oscars.
When Mob Inciters Become Lions of the Left
An Aaron Sorkin film celebrates the Chicago Seven for plotting an attack on a party convention.
Wonder Land: The collapse of liberal elites under a leftist offensive has been in the making since the 'Summer of Love.' Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly
By
Helen Andrews
Jan. 13, 2021 12:17 pm ET
The Chicago Seven were countercultural heroes in the 1960s. They thumbed their noses through one of the country’s most notorious political trials, taunting the judge and making a mockery of the proceedings with flippant courtroom pranks. Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed a movie about them last year, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” which will probably win a few Oscars.
50 Years later: The Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial
50 Years later: The Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- 1968 will forever be remembered as a year of conflict and heartbreak.
"It was a watershed year," said Laurie Rubin, who photographed trial evidence. "First there was the Martin Luther King assassination, then the Robert Kennedy assassination, there was Woodstock."
And this year marks the 50th anniversary of a trial that shook the city of Chicago and tested the limits of free speech in America - The Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial.
In the fall of 1969, tensions had reached a boiling point over the Vietnam War as Chicago prepared to host the Democratic National Convention.
50 Years later: The Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial
WLS
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- 1968 will forever be remembered as a year of conflict and heartbreak.
"It was a watershed year," said Laurie Rubin, who photographed trial evidence. "First there was the Martin Luther King assassination, then the Robert Kennedy assassination, there was Woodstock."
And this year marks the 50th anniversary of a trial that shook the city of Chicago and tested the limits of free speech in America - The Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial.
In the fall of 1969, tensions had reached a boiling point over the Vietnam War as Chicago prepared to host the Democratic National Convention.