Like so many millennial women, I have a deeply complex relationship with Aaron Sorkin. On the one hand, I’ve seen every episode of The West Wing multiple times; on the other hand, I genuinely believe rewatching that particular televised ode to neoliberalism would kill me at this point in my life. On yet another hand, I loved reading Sarah Nicole Prickett’s instantly iconic 2012 interview-slash-takedown of the writer and director; on one final hand, Sorkin-directed movies including Molly’s Game, Being the Ricardos, and The Trial of the Chicago Seven have the inexplicable effect of soothing my hangovers, so I guess I owe him many miserable Sunday mornings’ worth of gratitude for that.
I have fond memories of watching the Sorkin-penned film The Social Network in theaters in high school. But is the film’s upcoming sequel—which stars Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and Mikey Madison as Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, and is due out October 9, 2026—going to meet our uniquely online-addled cultural moment, or will it just be… a lot of white men yelling? Let’s take a look at the newly released trailer and glean what we can, shall we?
- Is that Aubrey Plaza?
- No! It’s Mikey Madison!
- Ah, the lightweight down jacket, staple of the SF tech-girlypop’s wardrobe.
- Hi, Wunmi!
- Okay, they nailed the Zuckerberg Caesar cut on Strong.
- And honestly, whatever weird-ass method acting Strong likely had to do to nail the Zuck voice…it was worth it, because they sound exactly alike.
- It’s crazy that there was ever a time when we didn’t know Facebook worsened teenage girls’ anxiety and depression.
- Then again, Facebook Messaging my best friend got me through high school, so you have to hand it to Zuck!
- JK, you absolutely do not.
- “The Mafia would be an easier enemy to make.” Damn.
- Sorkinian repartee! Everyone drink!
- “We’re post-government around here.” LOL.
- That line feels very analogous to the tech CEO on Veep describing himself as “very much post-tax” in regard to repatriation tax policies.
- And yes, I do think it’s worth the absurd amount of money my parents spent to finance my education so that I could watch enough TV in my dorm room to have an encyclopedic knowledge of Veep lines at the ready.
- “I don’t want to be made an example of by a guy with unlimited resources.”
- I mean, me either, girl!
- Speaking of dorm rooms… The Social Network referenced!
- Sort of.
- Are we getting another Trent Reznor score? Come on! Please! I’ll be nice about the Sork!
