Exactly, Mary. I had just cut-and-pasted Jeff's last
paragraph, emphasized that last sentence, and sent it to my
husband, who keeps urging me to watch this wonderful new
show. Five minutes was enough for me.
Like PeeWee Herman, I don't need to
watch the movie; I lived it. Joy
Mary Reagan wrote:
>I can definitely relate to your last sentence. I like
the show, but it
> really bothers me to see the role of women in
society back then. Can't
> imagine that sort of life.
about Jeff's:
>> For the uninitiated on the list, Mad Men is a
new series (apparently the
>> biggest new show of the summer on any network)
about guys in an ad agency
>> on
>> Mad(ison) Avenue in the early 60s. It's from the
guy who produced The
>> Sopranos. It's primarily about men coming to
terms with changing
>> times--having to accept women and minorities as
equals, dealing with the
>> reality that cigarettes cause cancer (the agency
has the Lucky Strike
>> account).
>>
>> The show has it's David Lynch-like moments where
there are hints of
>> darkness
>> just below the surface in otherwise idyllic
scenes of suburban houses
>> with
>> white picket fences. It attempts to show the
time period as it really
>> was,
>> without romanticizing it by appealing to any
kind of nostalgia. It's not
>> a
>> past that you want to return to.
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