You can always count on McSweeney's to bring the verbose, witty goods. In the past few weeks, we've had "Johnny Knoxville's Letters to His Brother" and "Ten Reasons Why You, Audrey Tautou, Gamine French Star of Amelie, Should Date Me, Teddy Wayne." Yesterday brought a real gem, however, in the form of "Aaron Sorkin Visits a Dental Hygienist."
Giving Ken Levine's "If Aaron Sorkin wrote a show about baseball..." post a run for its money, author Jack Pendarvis unpacks the Sorkin banter tactics with an extended Poulenc reference. A sample exchange:
Alright, let me set the record straight before I begin... The Da Vinci
Code was totally over-hyped, but I enjoyed it. I am an art student and I have great appreciation for the work of
Leonardo da Vinci. I think Mona Lisa is a pretty nifty chick even though the whole "shaved eyebrows" thing is
kind of crazy. Got it? Good. Now, let me say... Dear, magical world of television: Please stop making Da Vinci
Code shows.
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