Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
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 Culture, Entertainment, Morning Musing on Sep 7th, 2009
What struck me most about last night’s episode of AMC TV’s Mad Men was pure, unmistakable unhappiness.
The veneer is wearing thin; in particular for the main characters, Don and Betty Draper, who can no longer hide their sadness behind the gloss of physical beauty and affluence.
That, in a nutshell, epitomizes the early sixties – surface [...]
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