tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27899397.post3819786152437152383..comments2024-03-16T09:03:28.300-04:00Comments on We're Wicked Smaht: Mad Men Returns. The End is Nigh.Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03864615229875308033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27899397.post-20196897485772267412012-03-29T08:33:19.932-04:002012-03-29T08:33:19.932-04:00Ha, good point about Don--he is pretty much a tota...Ha, good point about Don--he is pretty much a total toad. <br /><br />I just read online that the show creator has also said its about the decline of NYC, from the glossy city on a hill of the 50s to the trash strewn pit of the 70s. And the rise of California--which makes sense considering how the show depicts LA.Maggie Catshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883765124150271927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27899397.post-30608408221230229362012-03-28T09:08:16.770-04:002012-03-28T09:08:16.770-04:00i admit, my reaction to the show could be because ...i admit, my reaction to the show could be because (for the most part) i dislike all the main characters and i think the show has never met a heavy-handed metaphor that it didn't love to beat you about the head with. i've been rooting for Don's destruction pretty much since the first season because i think he's a horrible human being, so that probably influences how i view the bigger messages of the show. <br /><br />still, interesting that both of us saw the same thing and had the EXACT opposite reaction in terms of what we believe showing that time period is supposed to say about ours today.Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630640582674493366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27899397.post-71012312007359399472012-03-27T19:08:48.725-04:002012-03-27T19:08:48.725-04:00Well, that was cynical. I always thought the point...Well, that was cynical. I always thought the point of Mad Men was to show how LITTLE we have changed and how MUCH like them we are. That people are and always have been utterly and completely self-absorbed and mucking their way through life and change as best we can. <br /><br />But maybe that's just me.Maggie Catshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883765124150271927noreply@blogger.com