it leaves me with a strange disquiet, and I don't make it a real point to catch
it the way I do, say "Burn Notice" or "Army Wives" (guilty pleasure!)
Typically I'll watch if it's later at night and my wife and I want to watch a
little TV while finishing up bills or work. But I don't expect to keep watching
it with any real regularity
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From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> So Guys. It sounds like you have watched it as much as me. Do you like
> it or not? will you keep coming back or is it too disturbing? I ask,
> because I feel like I have a morbid fascination for the show and I find
> myself looking forward to it. After each viewing, I have to shake off
> the feeling. I used to say I was going to stop viewing it. But I kept
> coming back. I've accepted that at least for now, I will be tuning in
> scratching my head. However, I can see the possibility of sometime
> feeling n overload
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > For me, it's that wife having to put up with her husband's boss'
> > advances, and her husband having to do same (though he kinda sorta got
> > back at him)...the weird looking guy in the office making love to the
> > naive secretary on his couch, then treating her with contempt borne of
> > jealousy at a party...the way the star has run from his past (even
> > changed his name) and told his desperate-to-be-family half-brother
> > "don't ever come back"...the way that salad-eating lady gives that
> > young boy a lock of her hair after knowing he'd spied on her in the
> > shower--like i said, it's just a little on the sinister side for me.
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: "ravenadal" >
> > Interestingly, the things in Mad Men that fascinate and appall me the
> > most are the simple everyday things - like pregnant women smoking and
> > drinking, children being unretrained while bouncing around inside
> > cars, people being allowed to drive after obviously imbibing way too
> > much alcohol, the ad guy bringing the boss home unexpectantly and the
> > wife having to eat a salad (while pretend to be on a diet) while the
> > men eat steak. Stuff like that.
> >
> > ~(no)rave!
> >
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > , "Tracey de Morsella (formerly
> > Tracey L. Minor)" wrote:
> > >
> > > I totally agree. It is a well-written, well produced and performed
> > > show, but the world projected to the viewers is like some dark ugly
> > > caricature of the worse parts of the sixties. The portrayal of
> > Blacks
> > > does not bother me as much because, in advertising-- even now there
> > are
> > > very few blacks despite the crack down by the federal government in
> > 1978
> > > and last year by the New York attorney general. . I do not think
> > our
> > > world and their world overlapped much accept for as
> > cleaning /janitorial
> > > staff. I would have had simmer anger boiling underneath if I had
> > to be
> > > the invisible underlings of these nasty pricks.
> > >
> > > A major problem, is there is no protagonist in the traditional
> > sense to
> > > root for. The protagonists of the story are cynical, jaded,
> > > self-centered and egotistical. Right now the only characters that
> > are
> > > appealing are the divorcee and the jewish female department store
> > > owner. Neither are major characters. The secretary might be
> > appealing,
> > > but her sexual behavior initially toward her boss and then the guy
> > who
> > > used to play Vincent on angel is strange. Viewers may not always
> > agree
> > > with the actions and motivations of characters, but it is the job
> > of the
> > > writers to help us understand them. I do not think the writers did
> > that
> > > with her character. Sometimes I get the impression that the
> > characters
> > > are drawn to bring about the the shock we feel at the jaded aspects
> > of
> > > the show. The main character is interesting, but again UGLY. Its
> > hard
> > > to route for him.
> > >
> > > I keep saying I'm not going to watch anymore, because of all the
> > > negative feeling it evokes, but I sometimes find myself returning
> > in
> > > fascinated horror. I wonder how the show would have been if if it
> > had a
> > > more balanced look at "mad men" of that era
> > >
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > i watch it, but find it to be strange. "Dark", indeed, it's
> > almost
> > > > like some kind of funhouse mirror of the time, showing all the
> > warped
> > > > and borderline perverted aspects of the time. Can't quite put my
> > > > finger on it, but it makes me uncomfortable. There's palpable
> > menace
> > > > in every show, even when the people are joking. It's as if any
> > second
> > > > you expect one of the men (and this is about men) to do something
> > > > brutal. They can be extremely callous towards and dismissive of
> > women,
> > > > most of whom are just objects to be used for work or play, then
> > > > discarded. Of course the only blacks I've seen are elevator
> > operators
> > > > and janitors. Many of the men speak in slow, stilted speech,
> > almost
> > > > mumbling, like they're angry or guarded.
> > > >
> > > > It's almost like a stylized dream (nightmarish) version of the
> > time.
> > > > The look is dead on, but almost too much so, if that makes sense.
> > The
> > > > colors feel too vibrant, the suits and hairstyles too perfect,
> > the
> > > > sets too dead on, as if someone took all the obvious visual
> > aspects of
> > > > the time and put them on screen. It almost feels like a Julie
> > Taymor
> > > > ("Freda", "The Lion King" musical) type treatment.
> > > >
> > > > I can't get comfortable with any of the men, who run the gamut
> > from
> > > > predatory to psycho. Some of the women seem really troubled, as
> > if the
> > > > oppression of the times has warped their minds--they can't
> > fulfill
> > > > themselves as they'd like in a man's world, so they find other,
> > odd
> > > > ways to get release.
> > > >
> > > > Everyone in the show feels slightly off, twisted, more like
> > patients
> > > > in a mental ward. Really weird vibe.
> > > > -------------- Original message --------------
> > > > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> > > > > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I remeber there being a few fans of this dark look at the 60ths
> > on the
> > > > > list, so I thought this would interest you.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mad Men Gets a Second Season
> > > > > AMC series will be back for more.
> > > > > by IGN Staff
> > > > >
> > > > > September 19, 2007 - Variety reports that AMC's Mad Men is
> > about to be
> > > > > renewed for a second season, with the official announcement set
> > to be
> > > > > made as early as the end of today. The series, focusing on New
> > York
> > > > City
> > > > > advertising executives in the 1960s, has been a critical
> > favorite this
> > > > > season and done well for the cable station.
> > > > >
> > > > > Variety notes the ratings for the series have shown a
> > particular
> > > > upswing
> > > > > in the male demographic for AMC.
> > > > > http://tv.ign.com/articles/821/821190p1.html
> >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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