Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Entertainment on Aug 30th, 2010
Bigger than life, flashy, flawed. Cagey, corrupt, capricious. We love our television heroes, and our anti-heroes. Big screen or small screen, we escape into fictional lives, finding points in common, or nothing in common at all.
Mad Men is the perfect example of this phenomenon, as the Emmy award winning drama (again, just last evening) continues [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Other Stuff, Parenting on Aug 23rd, 2010
It’s a morality tale, and all about shame. About warfare and its aftermath, honor and its value, private shame according to cultural standards of the times, and personal experiences of shame.
In Mad Men’s Season 4 Episode 5, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, we feel the weight of the 1960s heavily; World Wart II is not [...]
Posted in Entertainment on Aug 16th, 2010
Mad Men continues to do what it does best, revealing characters in all their complexity.
“The Rejection” is filled with nifty elements which seed future story lines as bad news transforms into opportunities for some, and drives others into deeper despair. Of course, we don’t yet know which paths our favorite characters will take as [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Culture, Entertainment on Aug 12th, 2010
We sneered. We jeered. We cheered.
No, it wasn’t a sporting event. It was Reality TV – with fourteen artists at the starting line, three down to the wire, and one who took home the prize. Who would have thought that Work of Art would spark so much interest?
Who would have imagined that Abdi Farah would [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Aug 11th, 2010
Paint me surprised. And impressed. And surprised. But more on my thoughts – and why – tomorrow. For now, I’m much too aware of my duo of martinis, enjoyed while watching the show. And I’d like to know what you think of Season 1’s winner on Work of Art.
You got it! Abdi comes from [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Aug 11th, 2010
Mix the martinis! Prepare the popcorn!
It’s hard to believe – but Bravo TV’s Work of Art is coming to a close tonight, with three artists vying for pop culture’s first “Next Great Artist” title. Despite the controversy over this show, plenty of people are planning on gathering round to see Abdi, Peregrine and Miles strut [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Parenting on Aug 10th, 2010
Who doesn’t love to fantasize about days gone by, romanticizing a period in history that seems more glamorous, more exciting, or simpler?
As an avid fan of AMC TV’s Mad Men, I’m as susceptible to the appeal of this award-winning drama as anyone. The portrayal of life in the 1960s is seductive, surprising, and accurate in [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Fashion and Style on Aug 9th, 2010
1965 will not be celebrated as Mad Men’s Don Draper expects. Good news? What Don learns is anything but; the one person who loves the man – not the name – is dying.
Dick Whitman + Don Draper = ?
Part of the fascination of Mad Men is watching the inner lives of our favorite characters differ [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment on Aug 5th, 2010
Miles wonders what sort of dad Captain Crunch might make. Jaclyn is cranky when she catches cold. Nicole is the MacGyver of the Connecticut woods. What else did we learn on Work of Art Episode 9?
Certainly very little about guest judge Michele Oka Doner. And why are we offered guest judges again? Might it be [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Fashion and Style on Aug 2nd, 2010
“Christmas comes but once a year”
For the sake of our hero, Don Draper – and for his daughter, Sally – we’re grateful that Christmas comes but once a year, and of course the New Year celebration as well. We’re reminded by the latest Mad Men episode that holidays are painful for those who are alone, [...]
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