progressive politics and regressive entertainment. like peanut and butter.
June 11, 2012 2 Comments
I sometimes try to explain my admiration for the nuance in Mad Men by talking about how they can create character by focusing on the simple fashion in which one picks up a coffee cup. To give an even better example, the season five finale “The Phantom” begins…with Don Draper putting a cotton ball in his mouth.
Okay, so let the drama (and the spoilers) unfold…
June 6, 2012 2 Comments
There are a few more images of Lane Pryce from “Commissions and Fees” which I wanted to share with Mad Men fans.
May 7, 2012 4 Comments
For those of you who watched Sherlock last night, please remember that I already reviewed “A Scandal in Belgravia” around the end of February. For those of you who watched Mad Men last night, join me in a discussion which may involve spoilers. For those of you who watched both, will you be my new best friend?
April 16, 2012 9 Comments
Another week, another Mad Men, and this time around we’re focusing on Pete Campbell. Having achieved a good measure of business success, Pete is now forced to deal with meaning. Married, with a child, living in Cos Cob (a neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut), Pete evidently feels that his life is repetitive and mundane, like the leaking faucet that frames this story. Drip, drip, drip…
That’s the appetizer. Now, if you want to stay away from discussing the drama until you’ve had a chance to watch, step away from the table now. The entree is about to arrive.
April 1, 2012 1 Comment
One of the main reasons that I enjoy Mad Men is the design. Some people complain that the characters aren’t necessarily loveable, and while I don’t always like them, I sure do like their clothes and their furniture. Plus, the show appears to be shot in 35mm and that makes all the difference to me, as it allows for terrific panoramas of people and color.
March 27, 2012 5 Comments
Exactly as hoped for Sunday morning on The Melissa Harris-Perry Show, we start to see more of the Civil Rights struggle as Mad Men progresses in the ’60s. That’s not to say that the show has shifted its primary focus away from the privileged folk at the advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, but the season premiere on Sunday night opened with shots of black people protesting against economic injustice…
