Just How Sorkin-y Is The Social Network's Mark Zuckerberg?

As an unabashed Aaron Sorkin apologist, watching The Social Network was particularly enjoyable, not just because it's a mesmerizing and endlessly entertaining movie, but because the thing oozed Sorkin's influence, from its dialogue to its characterizations to its poultry sight gags. But just how much of a Sorkin amalgamation is the movie's depiction of Mark Zuckerberg? I've drawn some comparisons to Sorkin's previous characters to shed some light on the issue. Hey, beats beating the racist, sexist, fact-checking dead horse the Internet's been flogging all week, right?

Matt Albie, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Zuckerberg Commonalities: Is socially awkward; gets yelled at by women a lot; has a ridiculously strong command of the English language; is plagued by an idealized ex-girlfriend.
Key Differences: Matt mocks people for a living; Zuckerberg mocks people for fun.

Toby Ziegler, The West Wing
Zuckerberg Commonalities: Prickly; prone to deadpan technobabble ("We're flying in a Lockheed Eagle series L1011. It came off the line 20 months ago. It carries a Sim-5 Transponder tracking system. Are you telling me I can still flummox this thing with something I bought at Radio Shack?" ("Pilot"); indignant when subjected to inquiries he feels aren't worth his time (see: the episode "Five Votes Down," where insider trading accusations make him go sarcasmcopters); has a ridiculously strong command of the English language; unable to tolerate those he perceives to be intellectual inferiors; gets yelled at by women a lot.
Key Differences: Toby's a much more loyal guy than movie Zuckerberg, and he's definitely got a stronger moral compass, but Toby drives a 1993 Dodge Dart and Mark Zuckerberg's the youngest billionaire in the world. So, they both have something to be proud of.

Jeremy Goodwin, Sports Night
Zuckerberg Commonalities: Is a computer genius; has a ridiculously strong command of the English language; is pretty arrogant about both of those things.
Key Differences: Jeremy knows what sports are. Also, what feelings are. He's like an evolved movie Zuckerberg.

Any more movie Zuckerberg-to-Sorkin-character parallels? Leave them below, then see how the movie could have been more David Fincher-esque.

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