tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post4596474665408473865..comments2024-01-02T12:25:23.102+09:00Comments on Kyklops: Mad Men: For Adults OnlyRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-71035699546110759122010-10-31T00:22:01.788+09:002010-10-31T00:22:01.788+09:00Okay, then.Okay, then.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-29300844860052579362010-10-30T01:20:14.666+09:002010-10-30T01:20:14.666+09:00Susan,
I guess I'd only ask this: do the chara...Susan,<br />I guess I'd only ask this: do the characters seem so glum? I don't think so. Do they seem "fake"? Again, I don't think so. <br />What you're saying (I think) just goes back to what I said: we have to decide for ourselves.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-37951628800335078892010-10-30T01:12:24.682+09:002010-10-30T01:12:24.682+09:00Hi Susanna,
First, I think they show is brutally t...Hi Susanna,<br />First, I think they show is brutally truthful. But is "presenting" sexism really advocating it? I mean, that's the way it was back then. Presenting it otherwise would make it a false representation of the period (like pretty much everything that has come before).Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-51412323190319224182010-10-30T00:56:03.363+09:002010-10-30T00:56:03.363+09:00Reality is not, I find, as consistently depressing...Reality is not, I find, as consistently depressing as Mad Men, which can be sort of victoriously glum (although everybody looks good being glum).ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-43517191202603205762010-10-30T00:51:43.661+09:002010-10-30T00:51:43.661+09:00Hi Susan,
I've seen every episode (don't a...Hi Susan,<br />I've seen every episode (don't ask how--it's not on TV in Japan!). I get what you're saying about it being depressing. I guess I'd say, in a philosophical sense, "reality" should be neither depressing nor uplifting. It just "is." (Or, in this case, it just "was.")Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-34799885479535898832010-10-30T00:40:37.330+09:002010-10-30T00:40:37.330+09:00I think it does proselytize about sexism (to assum...I think it does proselytize about sexism (to assume the best) ... either that or it advocates it. I find the show highly offensive and depressing, but my husband loves it and feels that the tone of the show has verisimilitude. All the worse! (ha ha, I usually agree with you.) spSusanna Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171292385713491199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5160223.post-11838420048089550382010-10-30T00:26:41.922+09:002010-10-30T00:26:41.922+09:00Most people I know like it, and it's beautiful...Most people I know like it, and it's beautifully put together. It's just so damn depressing I think I may stop with the first two seasons. With Deadwood and Six Feet under, there was humor as leavening - not so with Mad Men.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.com