Aaron Sorkin's Syracuse University Commencement [graduation] Speech (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hwvilfPWHYI
Bio: "Aaron Sorkin https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815070/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin made his Broadway debut with A Few Good Men, which earned him the John Gassner Award for Outstanding New American Playwright. His other plays are The Farnsworth Invention and the stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, which was nominated for 9 Tony Awards and went on to become the most successful American play on Broadway. He contributed a new book for Bartlett Sher's Lincoln Center production of Camelot. In movies, Sorkin's screen adaptation of A Few Good Men was nominated for Best Picture. He followed that with The American President and Charlie Wilson's War, directed by Mike Nichols. In 2011, Sorkin won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Critics' Choice Award for writing The Social Network and followed that with nominations for Moneyball and Steve Jobs. He wrote and directed Molly's Game, The Trial of the Chicago 7–nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture—and Being the Ricardos. In television, Sorkin wrote and produced Sports Night and followed that with The West Wing, which won two Peabody Awards and broke records for Emmy wins. He wrote and produced Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and the HBO series The Newsroom. His latest film, The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network, stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong and will be released October 9th [2026]." https://www.huntingtontheatre.org/bio/aaron-sorkin/ Point: for reference, Sorkin's mention of 'Cats In The Cradle', is a reference to Harry Chapin's 1974 song i.e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c Further: in forging his career, Sorkin's efforts can be seen to sit within the purview of what has come to be known as the 'creative industries', which is variously discussed in the following clips: https://newpractices.co.uk/CreativeIndustries/ Context: Syracuse University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_University is a research university located in Syracuse, New York, USA https://www.syracuse.edu/about/
