May 2013
Anonymous asked: What happened to my favorite Tumblr? Sad to get so little updates or conversations on here. I don't think the new season lackes material… There's SO MUCH I need to talk about. With you! Please come back.
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eightiesdraper asked: Thanks for the vote of confidence, friend.
eightiesdraper asked: Accept no substitute, come see my page for the original 80s Draper.
Anonymous asked: Do you have a gif of Peggy hitting her head on her desk in Season 4's The Rejected?
rubbersoul4163 asked: Okay, I hear the argument that S5 and S6 are less subtle. And I WOULD agree with this, except I don't think this show has EVER been subtle. Some of those S1 metaphors were about as subtle as a trainwreck! This show is brilliant, but it's never been that subtle...
No time for being subtle
I think there is much potential from this last episode with Roger’s acid friend being a sign post for redemption, but we all know how that ends.
Anonymous asked: This isn't a story about becoming the better man. This is the story of a man who has to make difficult choices, like an actual human being. We are flawed in nature and Don is proof of that. The title sequence shows a man falling amidst his work. Don's end is not going to be a happy one. It's not that Matt's ran out of ideas, it's that he's showing specks of light...
noahhateseverything asked: As someone who's watched MM as it airs since S1, the last few episodes haven't disappointing because they're "boring." They're disappointing because, much like S5, they lack the subtlety and direction of the earlier seasons. I feel like we're getting to the point where Matt Weiner will end every episode with a shot of himself looking directly into the camera...
Anonymous asked: ...or maybe there are a few people who have been watching since season 1 and the fact that after six years Don NEVER evolves or learns has become a tad tedious? If Matt is out of ideas for Don, he could at least spread the goods! Mad Men with more Joan or Peggy would be even better!
rubbersoul4163 asked: The backlash among some people on Season 6 of Mad Men (and many of the critiques) are a prime reason that I really hate when good shows become more "popular" (relatively speaking). If you think that last weeks episode of Mad Men was "bad" or "boring," you probably are not the shows target audience. Mad Men has not gotten "worse," there are just a lot of...
I kept trying to submit it as a photo but it wouldn’t work, so I found it already uploaded somewhere through google images - I’m not sure who originally made it, though :/
In defense of Season 6 and Mad Men in general......
I feel like I’ve grown up with this show. I was a 16 year old when Mad Men premiered on AMC in the summer of 2007. I have never missed an episode. Ever. I’ve seen each episode of the past 5 seasons at least a dozen times. Hell, “The Suitcase” alone obliterates the very best episode of {insert show here ;)}. I used to watch shows like Dexter and Boardwalk Empire religiously...
April 2013
waxlions asked: I absolutely would love a screencap of Peggy in 'Dark Shadows' where she says 'I don't care' with that subtitle included? She's sitting & has a yellow turtleneck on. Have found the gif but id really like the grab of it. Thanks
Anonymous asked: I 100% disagree with the previous submitter. I think the great thing about mad men is that we've know all the characters for so long that we think they should be predictable but they're [in some cases] not. I honestly think they handled the material of MLK's death SO well and that it was a much better episode than JFK's death in season 3
This show seems to be in that sloppy downward spiral that happens when a show has been on the air for too long. We’ve known each character for so long, and gotten to admire and learn so much about each of them, but at this point it feels a little like a vase full of dead flowers. Weiner is trying to freshen it up with a few new characters (or flowers, if you like that analogy) but it’s...
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totally going to check this out, and i think...
A litte shameless promotion, I host a Mad Men podcast called Mad World. I think we have some great discussions and bring in television critics from time to time.
mixologycertification asked: Tom & Lorenzo's Mad Style Blog has some interesting analysis of the show and its wardrobe.
nonsensicallyrics asked: Avclub has good reviews in general and is usually my first stop for analysis/discussion - it's one of the few places on the internet where the comment sections aren't completely toxic (as w/anything it's not perfect, and there are people who make me cringe w/the way they talk about like for example Megan and Betty, but in general the level of discourse is higher than most places)
Anonymous asked: I enjoy reading Tom and Lorenzo's review of each episode. They usually publish by noon or so on the following day. In a separate column, they also publish their reviews of the wardrobes worn in each episode. Just look for tomandlorenzo.
helveticafutura asked: RE: recaps/reviews, I would recommend HitFix, AVClub, and Vulture to start.
ruthjamison asked: television without pity is still my standby for analysis and recaps. i think they have a tumblr now, too!
jimmyjazzbass asked: what about Faye Miller?
nerdaphile asked: Where do you go to read analysis and reviews of the episodes after they air?
alstroemeria asked: Do you know if anyone has ever compiled a list of Don's mistresses? There's so many of them I forgot some or get them confused.
redeyednblue has hit the nail on the head. He/She forgot to mention that Don gave Midge a check when he left her during season 1 AND that Don gave Allison a Christmas bonus out of his own pocket. That falls right into place with everything else. It’s very likely that Don never learned how to have normal human relationships with women. All he learned was that giving money = taking care...
Anonymous asked: don also ended his relatioship with midge the first time by giving her money to go to paris with that guy she loved
After the last episode where Don gave Dr. Rosen’s wife money after they slept together, it’s interesting to think of the examples of all the times Don has thrown money at women:
Literally threw it at Peggy, which caused her to quit
Pressured into buying one of Midge’s paintings to support her heroin habit
Financially supported Anna, Anna’s sister calls him “just a...
Anonymous asked: The way I see it, Don only "likes the beginning of things" because he hates himself. At the beginning of a relationship your partner is still descovering you and you might tell yourself this time you'll be different and better, but people only know how to be themselves, and he's not even self aware enough to work on himself or get therapy. Don will never be in a decent...
Anonymous asked: Don cheated on Betty with career women and now he's cheating on Megan with a housewife. Don will never be satisfied no matter who he's married to.
nonsensicallyrics asked: Concerning the last anon, I've found the language fans have been using to talk about disturbing - talking about her as if she'd particularly selfish or self-involved, especially compared to Don. As if having interests that go beyond your husband is a crime. I understand that for Don her independence is a strain, but that's a problem with him, not her. Megan isn't perfect, but...
Anonymous asked: Also don't you think Munich relates to Don's relationship with Megan, in a way he's trying everything to make her happy and she just wants more and he's just ending up unhappy. I thought it was interesting that they talk about munich and then a scene or two later it goes to Don at the end of the episode at Megan and his apartment and he can't even go inside and just sits...
Anonymous asked: Yeah when they were talking about the war. I'm not sure of the proper spelling.
Anonymous asked: What was the German word used in the episode?
Can we please talk about how Lindsay from Freaks and Geeks turns out to be Dons new Affair?? I Mean LADY L!!! Oh and on a side note: I did not read Trudys reply as a no to divorce. In fact, I understood she refuses to be a failure, i.e. the poor wife who’s been cheated on. SHE decides when and why the relationship is over. That’s all.
Anonymous asked: What do you think the importance of Megan discussing her miscarriage with Sylvia is? I think they are setting it up for Don to accidentally get Sylvia pregnant... and maybe that would finally be the rock bottom that he would need to reach in order to snap out of his cheating cycle.
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supermodelgif asked: Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with Trudy viewing divorce as a failure. I don't think we all have to universally agree-- but in modern days the institution of marriage is taken too lightly. While I don't see divorce as a failure or as defining, I can admire the mentality. Her wanting to make things work for the sake of appearances is a different story but we...
Anonymous asked: Yes but Trudy is someone who cares what people think of her and divorce is some kind of failure in her eyes. Trudy isn't exactly the most modern woman on the show. She wouldn't be stoned to death no, but she probably thinks people will judge her for it and look at her differently because she isn't the perfect housewife anymore.
nonsensicallyrics asked: Divorce would have been more acceptable in some circles than other, and more of an option to some woman than others based on upbringing. Marriage means different things to different people, and different people have different values. She might not be doing what you would do, but she is asserting herself and taking control of the situation in the best way she knows how, and that at least is...
Anonymous asked: But people are not raised in a void. Trudy comes from an older generation than the "summer of love" kids, and seems generally a pretty conservative person. Divorce for her would be hard, like thinking of being a single career gal was harder for Joan than it was for Peggy
Anonymous asked: I agree that divorce was not something people just did in the late 1960s in America, but a large point to this show is the fact that people are modernizing and breaking away from previously restrictive roles. For Trudy to ask for a divorce at this time is scandalous, for sure, but it's not like she would be forever shunned and/or stoned to death. it's not 1668. Plenty of people were...
