On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote:
> The original episode, débuting tonight on AMC, was to have included "The > Look of Love" by Dusty Springfield, which wasn't to be released for months > after the time frame of the segment, forcing Weiner and mates to substitute > another as-yet-unidentified tune... > > CBS, f'rinstance: http://goo.gl/5DTqr > Quote from the article: "Although we take license for artistic purposes with the end-title music, we never want the source music to break from the time period we are trying to recreate," Weiner wrote to critics, according to Rolling Stone<http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mad-men-pulls-dusty-springfield-song-from-season-premiere-20120320>. "As someone who has a deep appreciation for details, I want to thank you for bringing this to our attention." Wiener has created something of a monster, with dedicated fans enjoying nothing so much as picking historical nits and searching for anachronisms. See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25FOB-onlanguage-t.html for a nice discussion of this, including Wiener's mea culpa for letting Joan say “The medium is the message” in 1960 (season 1) even though *Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man* was not published until 1964. On the other hand, it seems that he has been more than willing to intentionally violate historicity when it comes to advertising campaigns - I can't recall examples now, but I am pretty sure I have looked up a few of the campaigns they reference in the show, and found that the actual timeline was significantly different represented. ** -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
