I just got through watching the complete season of Sports Night on DVD. If you never saw it, this was a great "dramady" written by Aaron Sorkin (the West Wing guy) about the behind the scenes craziness of a nightly sports news television program. ABC carried the show for two seasons from 1998-2000. It was wonderfully witty show with very smart writing. I enjoyed watching how the program grew over time: how characters changed, new sets emerged, and the laugh track dissappeared.
This show holds a special place in my heart thanks to one character. The office nerd is named Jeremy. In may ways he's the typical geek archetype found on many other programs. He is an information repository, has a degree in applied mathematics, writes computer programs, and wears glasses. Your typical geek love-interest plot involves the nerd helping a beautiful girl with her homework; the beautiful girl spends enough time with him to see his inner beauty; the geek takes off his glasses and suddenly he is handsome and they fall in love. Jeremy's story is nothing like that. In his case the beautiful girl (in his series her name it Natalie) falls in love with him from the start - as soon as he does his first geeky thing. He feels no need to hide his intelligence nor compromise any part of who he is. And the best part? He gets to keep his glasses on.
If we dont keep our glasses on, how will we know where we are going?
Posted by Matthew at November 11, 2003 09:48 PM