Who hasn’t wanted to clock Pete Campbell? What a juicy episode of Mad Men Season 5 last evening! There were more than a few Laugh Out Loud moments, additional insights into the usual characters, a surprisingly soft underbelly to Don Draper (more exposed than usual), and Pete and Lane take to the ring, in a […]
Fear and Fighting Back: Mad Men Season 5 Episode 4, Mystery Date
Domestic violence, random violence, brutality at the hands of a handsome man. The stuff of fear, surely. And what else? Against the backdrop of an increasingly troubled 1966, the gender gap splits wide open in unexpected fashion in Mad Men’s Episode 4. “Mystery Date” strings together a collection of references to the potentially explosive anger […]
Mad Men Season 5 Episode 3 – Tea Leaves
One more 1960s bias of note, courtesy of Mad Men… Fat, of course.
Mad Men Season 5 Premiere: (Episode 1) A Little Kiss
The real surprise in the Mad Men Season 5 premiere? Not only are Don and Megan married – they’re happy. We rejoin our favorite characters after 17 months of the show’s hiatus, and knowing Don Draper, we expect trouble in paradise. But we’re wrong. Not only has our hero married his former secretary Megan, played […]
Starting With a Kiss? Bliss. . .
Is Mad Men Season 5 really starting with a kiss? Apparently so. And if the episode title isn’t enough to seduce us, I can only imagine that the premiere itself will. Season 5’s “A Little Kiss” Parts 1 and 2 will air tonight at 9:00 p.m. on AMC TV, and all the Mad Men addicts […]
Fawning, Flattering, Following? Friday!
Are you fawning when it comes to those you admire? Are you flattered when someone admires you? Are you thrilled to be followed – virtually, that is – especially on #FollowFriday? Isn’t Friday fun? We all know that Twitter’s #FollowFriday is our shot at shout-outs to people and places we want to share – so […]
Counting Down to Mad Men Season 5
Those of us who unabashedly call ourselves fans are counting down the days. Just seven more to go. Mad Men Season 5 premieres – at last – Sunday evening March 25 on AMC TV. The New York Times covered the upcoming season not long ago, as has increasing media promotion on all fronts. As if […]
Beautiful Eyes
Some say eyes are the windows to the soul. So it follows – beautiful eyes, beautiful spirit? When I look into the eyes of almost any child, they seem beautiful to me; the child is untouched as yet by hurt or disillusionment. When I look into the eyes of anyone full of hope, they seem […]
Jennifer Lopez. Wardrobe Malfunction. Let’s Just Admit It.
Wardrobe malfunction?
Regrets and Reality
Regrets, relationships, and reality TV… And then there’s “reality.”