Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Entertainment, Fashion and Style on Jul 23rd, 2010
We’re two days away from Mad Men Season 4, premiering on July 25th!
For those of us who can’t get enough of this Emmy-award winning drama, with its seductive and complex characters, the slick and subtle depiction of the sixties, and plot twists for our favorite actors to navigate, it’s worth a few minutes to [...]
Posted in Art Art Art, Entertainment, Relationships on Nov 1st, 2009
Last week’s Mad Men was an exercise in subtlety and restraint.
While it is titled “The Gypsy and the Hobo” (for the Halloween costumes worn by the Draper children), I’d like to focus on the exchange between the main characters, as Don can no longer duck the past he’s hidden from his wife for a decade.
The [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Oct 25th, 2009
What were the 60s about? As the viewers of AMC TV’s Mad Men are aware – the appearance of one thing, and trouble, trouble, trouble, seething beneath the surface of everything. With each episode, the glitz and glamor are increasingly overshadowed by secrets and seedy behaviors.
60s Prejudice
In Episode 9, Sal falls victim to coercion and [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Sex on Oct 10th, 2009
Quickie indeed. Just a hit-the-high-points Mad Men meditation on Episode 8, as January Jones turns up the heat…
Don and Betty take a quick trip to Rome and enjoy plenty of flirtation and connubial bliss. It was good to bite into a nice slice of this pulchritudinous pair at play, and play they did! Bellissima e [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Sex, Sexual Politics, Surviving Recession on Oct 2nd, 2009
Does success always involve a pact with the devil? Go on. Think back. All those little deals and compromises justified in order to move up the corporate ladder, to get the bigger house, the faster car, the hot guy, the beautiful woman… What wouldn’t we do to get what we want?
What if it’s to protect [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Morning Musing on Sep 25th, 2009
It may be late in the week, but how could I resist a few observations on last Sunday’s viewing of Mad Men?
What struck me?
A gorgeous guy named Guy appears from the UK office, Joan celebrates her last day at the agency with a difficult secret, Don believes he might have a London assignment in his [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Other Stuff, Politics on Aug 30th, 2009
It’s Mad Men night
I do so love my Mad Men. What’s not to love?
They’re gorgeous, glamorous, mysterious, and the psychological waters are darkening, pulling us in, and under. But I watch for other reasons – probably like many viewers. For the aura of the 1960s, either as we imagine it, or recall it.
For me, there’s [...]
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