# 'West Wing' quality degenerating?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-quality-degenerating/269799>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 18, 2004, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-quality-degenerating/269799 "2004-10-18T09:13:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saxman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Saxman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saxman)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-quality-degenerating/269799/41 "2004-10-21T17:16:08Z")

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I’ve been a diehard fan since day one, and I **love** the fact that the show isn’t the same cutesy saccharine-overload it used to be under Sorkin. I think line-by-line writing isn’t as bantery, which is always good. And while the quality of the dialogue itself has suffered, I think the show has VASTLY improved by introducing honest-to-God conflict between the characters on issues of policy and other big picture stuff.

My point is that while this may not be any more “realistic” a portrayal of a White House than Sorkin’s take, it’s a lot more satisfyingly melodramatic for a place that is supposed to be gambling daily with the biggest stakes in history.

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