Link: Steve On Broadway (SOB): Did Critics Enjoy Sorkin’s Invention?. Frankly, as much as I enjoyed the first act, I felt very cheated by the second, which clearly should have been labeled "The Sorkin Invention." Newsday’s Linda Winer is right to point out that there are plenty of people questioning Sorkin’s conceit in adding a […]
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Sarnoff’s spawn covers The Farnsworth Invention: Who was the father of TV?With commercials, of course. Pretty much a puff-piece, but damn that "West Wing" theme still stirs the soul….
Namely Roma Torre, writing for NY1: Top Stories. "The Farnsworth Invention" Does Some Inventing Of Its Own Aaron Sorkin’s new play "The Farnsworth Invention" is something of a hybrid – a cross between theatre and docudrama – and while we’re given the impression this is a mostly factual telling about the invention of television, it
Uh Oh. If this AP ARTS REVIEW is any indication, "The Farnsworth Invention" has a lot more to worry about than a few historical inacuracies: Farnsworth and Sarnoff never met in real life, but they do in Sorkin’s play. It’s here where the evening finally springs to dramatic life. It may have been a fictional
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This review in Variety may well be a preview of what we can expect from the major, mainstream theatrical press. A few excerpts: Chronicling the birth of television and the ensuing patent war through the clash between an enterprising scientific genius from Utah and a Russian immigrant turned hard-nosed corporate honcho, "The Farnsworth Invention" tells
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So says amNY.com. Tackling a plot that revolves around loopholes in the patent system and photoelectron theory must not have been easy. But Sorkin has endowed his characters with crackling dialogue, sympathetic emotions and risky character choices. Well, amen to that.
Hank Azaria, Broadway.com Buzz: Q: So, make the case that Sarnoff didn’t totally screw over Philo Farnsworth, the young guy who invented television. A: It’s actually an easy case to make. First of all, the truth is that it was the efforts of many, many men that made television happen. It really was! Farnsworth had
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Apparently a lot of these reviews were published today, in anticipation of the opening this evening. Here’s one from The New York Sun: Pem Farnsworth, Philo’s partner in life and work, died last year at the age of 98. According to Mr. Simpson, she had become friends with Aaron Sorkin. "She was so excited that
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FT.com / Arts & Weekend The dialogue, meanwhile, gives mostly the appearance of panache: the biggest laugh comes late in the evening from a recycled joke about oral sex. For my taste, Farnsworth relies too heavily on narration; by the time Farnsworth and Sarnoff meet face-to-face I was so grateful for the dramatisation that I
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