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Sorkinesque
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Etymology
en Sorkin -esque
Adjective
In the style of American screenwriter and filmmaker Aaron Sorkin (b. 1961); characterized by fast-paced walk-and-talk dialogue and extended monologues.
en Alessandra Stanley So Sayeth the Anchorman The New York Times 2012-06-21 https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/arts/television/the-newsroom-an-hbo-series-from-aaron-sorkin.html 0362-4331 That changes when he loses his cool in a public forum and delivers a profane, eloquent, Sorkinesque rant against pat jingoism and willful ignorance.
en-GB Peter Bradshaw The Social Reckoning review – Aaron Sorkin’s jittery sequel with all-new evil puppet Zuckerberg The Guardian 2026-10-07 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/07/the-social-reckoning-review-aaron-sorkin-jeremy-strong-mikey-madison 0261-3077 and now Zuckerberg is basically evil, but also weirdly slow talking, as if all the zinging, smart-alecky Sorkinesque dialogue energy of the first film has been siphoned away in early middle age and dispersed among the insurgents in the new cast.
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