I watched 3 episodes of this show on the on-demand channel. I have to be honest...I was bored out of my mind. A lot of friends of mine are at ad agencies and swear by this show...I love marketing, and I love the old movies about Madison Avenue...but this show is like Ally McBeal to me. Great context for a show... I have no desire to connect to any of these characters. I feel like I already know the clients they are talking about, and so I know how the campaigns end up. I have no interest in this time period. There is far too much attention paid to making this a believable period piece and not enough to making this an enjoyable show to watch. Getting into Mad Men is like getting into "Nip/Tuck" to me, and though I tried...I'm just not interested. I would rather watch "Entourage" than this show, and in fact, I have chosen to do so.
On 9/21/07 5:42 PM, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com>> >> 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 >> <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly >> Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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)" >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> >>>> >>>>> 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 >> <http://tv.ign.com/articles/821/821190p1.html> >>>> <http://tv.ign.com/articles/821/821190p1.html >> <http://tv.ign.com/articles/821/821190p1.html>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
