Comments on: Mad Men http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/2007/07/26/mad-men/ Deborah Lipp goes on about Wicca, politics, movies, Paganism, and cats. Not necessarily in that order. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mad Men Mad « Ultimate James Bond Fan Blog http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/2007/07/26/mad-men/comment-page-1/#comment-61054 Mad Men Mad « Ultimate James Bond Fan Blog Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:15:39 +0000 http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/?p=1226#comment-61054 [...] My sister and I have started a blog about the AMC show Mad Men. I’ve posted about this show before, and in fact, I have a half-written post about the feminism of the show sitting in my Drafts [...] [...] My sister and I have started a blog about the AMC show Mad Men. I’ve posted about this show before, and in fact, I have a half-written post about the feminism of the show sitting in my Drafts [...]

]]> By: Property of a Lady » Mad Men Mad http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/2007/07/26/mad-men/comment-page-1/#comment-61053 Property of a Lady » Mad Men Mad Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:12:06 +0000 http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/?p=1226#comment-61053 [...] sister and I have started a blog about the AMC show Mad Men. I’ve posted about this show before, and in fact, I have a half-written post about the feminism of the show sitting in my Drafts [...] [...] sister and I have started a blog about the AMC show Mad Men. I’ve posted about this show before, and in fact, I have a half-written post about the feminism of the show sitting in my Drafts [...]

]]> By: deblipp http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/2007/07/26/mad-men/comment-page-1/#comment-54113 deblipp Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:50:25 +0000 http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/?p=1226#comment-54113 The copy machine joke made me smile, but to tell you the truth, I was afraid Mad Men would be nothing BUT jokes like that. Instead it was...deep. The copy machine joke made me smile, but to tell you the truth, I was afraid Mad Men would be nothing BUT jokes like that. Instead it was…deep.

]]> By: Roberta http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/2007/07/26/mad-men/comment-page-1/#comment-54092 Roberta Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:46:41 +0000 http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/?p=1226#comment-54092 Really? He took all the blame? Not the crappiest writing ever? (Sorry, I get a little passionate about Season 4. My solution: A horrible bus wreck in the season opener. Throws Cordelia into a coma; kills the kid. None of that Jasmine nonsense. Make the whole rest of the episode about Wesley and Lilah. Cripes, they couldn't even make Angelus plausibly scary.) Really? He took all the blame? Not the crappiest writing ever?

(Sorry, I get a little passionate about Season 4. My solution: A horrible bus wreck in the season opener. Throws Cordelia into a coma; kills the kid. None of that Jasmine nonsense. Make the whole rest of the episode about Wesley and Lilah. Cripes, they couldn’t even make Angelus plausibly scary.)

]]> By: Melville http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/2007/07/26/mad-men/comment-page-1/#comment-53892 Melville Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:53:38 +0000 http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/?p=1226#comment-53892 I just saw it and I'm enormously impressed. It made me think of what <i>Far From Heaven</i> did for 1950's "women's" pictures by recreating them with what was left out then (and our awareness of that)put in. The template here seems to be <i>Executive Suite</i> and other drama-in-the-boardroom movies of the 50's, which, for their time, were actually pretty hard-edged and unromantic. You're right about the mise-en-scene. In the scene in the strip club, not only was the stripper accurate, but the music she strpped to as well. Great cast. Especially nice to see Vincent Kartheiser, whom I blamed for all the shortcomings of Season 4 of <b>Angel</b>, doing so much better in a role that's right for him i.e. a sleazy creep. I just saw it and I’m enormously impressed. It made me think of what Far From Heaven did for 1950’s “women’s” pictures by recreating them with what was left out then (and our awareness of that)put in. The template here seems to be Executive Suite and other drama-in-the-boardroom movies of the 50’s, which, for their time, were actually pretty hard-edged and unromantic.

You’re right about the mise-en-scene. In the scene in the strip club, not only was the stripper accurate, but the music she strpped to as well.

Great cast. Especially nice to see Vincent Kartheiser, whom I blamed for all the shortcomings of Season 4 of Angel, doing so much better in a role that’s right for him i.e. a sleazy creep.

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