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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, playwright and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing early on. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognised for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the "walk and talk" storytelling technique. Sorkin has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globes. Sorkin rose to prominence as a writer-creator and showrunner of the television series Sports Night (1998–2000), The West Wing (1999–2006), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–07), and The Newsroom (2012–14). He is also known for his work on Broadway, including the plays A Few Good Men (1989), The Farnsworth Invention (2007), To Kill a Mockingbird (2018), and the revival of Lerner and Loewe's musical Camelot (2023). He wrote the film screenplays for A Few Good Men (1992), The American President (1995), and several biopics, including Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Moneyball (2011), and Steve Jobs (2015). For writing The Social Network (2010), he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He made his directorial film debut with Molly's Game (2017), followed by The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) and Being the Ricardos (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Sorkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The 1920s in France, the Années folles (Crazy Years), were a time of artistic revolution and cultural reinvention—a decade that set the stage for modernity in Europe. In Paris, the City of Light, everything was in flux. The post-World War I generation rejected old traditions and embraced excess, freedom, and new forms of expression. From the glittering salons of Montmartre to the smoky jazz clubs of the Left Bank, Paris was the beating heart of the Jazz Age. "The Folly of the Jazz Age" takes viewers deep into the world of post-war Paris, where a group of charismatic but flawed individuals forge a vibrant cultural legacy. The series follows the intersecting lives of musicians like a young Django Reinhardt striving for his big break, artists like Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso exploring new boundaries, and writers like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald struggling to find meaning and inspiration after the horrors of the war. The show focuses on the creative revolution of the era, exploring the burgeoning art deco movement, the rise of jazz music, the free-spirited flappers, and the decadence of Parisian high society. At the same time, it delves into the gritty underbelly of the city: political unrest, the challenges of the expatriate experience, and the consequences of living on the edge in an unstable world.
