Let Aaron Sorkin do the preaching. I’d rather watch superheroes save the day

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I went to see The Social Reckoning last week. In the great tradition of Aaron Sorkin productions, the movie was mainly scenes of people moralising to each other at double speed and doing brave things and then grand orchestral music arriving to play them all out.

It was a completely infuriating watch because (and this is not a spoiler) THERE IS NO SOCIAL RECKONING. Also because I suspect Sorkin genuinely believes we are only ever a rousing speech away from righting every wrong in the world.

I left the cinema irritated that a subject so compelling had been translated so poorly to screen and yet simultaneously appreciative of the cinematic earnestness of it all. The Social Reckoning had so many speeches. There were so many times Mikey Madison proclaimed variations of “I love working at Facebook” and “I believe in Facebook”. There was so much sincerity. When the real world is glib and unserious, when terrible people make dumb jokes and do hurtful things just because, seeing people act on genuine conviction feels like a revelation.

I realised I needed more of this is my life. Indeed, we........

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