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Apr 6, 2015 10:45:42 GMT -4
Post by chonies on Apr 6, 2015 10:45:42 GMT -4
Has there ever been a mention of the Happy Hooker in this series? I was obsessed with that book in college, and Xaviera Hollander got started as a sex worker because she wasn't making much as a secretary at the UN, so she hooked on her lunch breaks. That's what I was thinking of.
ETA: Durrrrr, the book didn't come out until 1971, but she was writing about the mid/late 1960s.
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robneville
Lady in Waiting
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Nov 19, 2006 11:53:44 GMT -4
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Apr 6, 2015 12:07:05 GMT -4
Post by robneville on Apr 6, 2015 12:07:05 GMT -4
Has there ever been a mention of the Happy Hooker in this series? I was obsessed with that book in college, and Xaviera Hollander got started as a sex worker because she wasn't making much as a secretary at the UN, so she hooked on her lunch breaks. That's what I was thinking of. ETA: Durrrrr, the book didn't come out until 1971, but she was writing about the mid/late 1960s. Well, if in the next few episodes they have a blonde foreign woman who is overly friendly with her German shepherd take that as a nod.
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Mad Men
Apr 6, 2015 12:25:45 GMT -4
Post by twodollars on Apr 6, 2015 12:25:45 GMT -4
I also loved the sister's reaction--"I know who you are." Ouch. Going back to the too-long deal, what bothered me about Elizabeth Reaser's waitress character was that it was entirely plausible we *had* already seen her but the collective audience had forgotten, so that was an irritating experience to wonder if I was missing something because it had been so long since I had seen other episodes. Up until right after they had sex I thought she was the artist chick who he used to see that ended up hooked on heroin. As always, the show had way too much Don for me. I would prefer entire episodes about Penny/Joan and office storylines. I have no interest in Don and his fucked up personal life. We've seen it all a million times already.
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Mad Men
Apr 6, 2015 12:45:47 GMT -4
Post by Shalamar on Apr 6, 2015 12:45:47 GMT -4
1970 Don is basically Barney Stinson with all those ladies calling him. Geez.
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Mad Men
Apr 6, 2015 13:03:26 GMT -4
Post by chonies on Apr 6, 2015 13:03:26 GMT -4
Has there ever been a mention of the Happy Hooker in this series? I was obsessed with that book in college, and Xaviera Hollander got started as a sex worker because she wasn't making much as a secretary at the UN, so she hooked on her lunch breaks. That's what I was thinking of. ETA: Durrrrr, the book didn't come out until 1971, but she was writing about the mid/late 1960s. Well, if in the next few episodes they have a blonde foreign woman who is overly friendly with her German shepherd take that as a nod. Wasn't it her brother-in-law's dog? But otherwise, point taken. I don't think Mad Men left that all behind when they stopped having people's feet mowed over.
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robneville
Lady in Waiting
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Apr 6, 2015 13:56:55 GMT -4
Post by robneville on Apr 6, 2015 13:56:55 GMT -4
Wasn't it her brother-in-law's dog? Very probably. I haven't read it since I was a kid in the 70's. I just remember her friend in high school,then the german shepherd,then pretty much everyone.
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WestEndGirl
Landed Gentry
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Mar 14, 2005 22:12:17 GMT -4
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Apr 6, 2015 17:01:03 GMT -4
Post by WestEndGirl on Apr 6, 2015 17:01:03 GMT -4
I thought the waitress assumed the $100 tip was advance payment for services rendered, although that confused me too. And, Roger left the tip, not Don, but maybe she didn't know that.
I loved seeing Paul Johannsen (aka John Sears from 90210) as the McCann rep.
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Post by Smilla on Apr 7, 2015 5:34:35 GMT -4
I'll give them credit for upending my expectations a little. I never once considered we'd be catapulted into the early '70s instead of finishing up in the fall of 1969.
The rest? Was crap. Killing off Rachel Menken-Katz was just cruel. I think I would have actually preferred finding out Midge OD'd or Dr. Faye was now married and expecting than the awful stunt that was axing the show's best supporting character. Off screen, no less. My, Weiner, how the mighty have fallen.
At least Peggy has a little bit of hope for a personal life, and Joan, though still insecure, does seem to have improved her odds of long term success in a professional environment. Nice role reversal from the way these two started out in 1960--completely the opposite of where they are now.
I still think someone on this show could really make a career for themselves in politics.
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Post by smitten on Apr 7, 2015 11:31:05 GMT -4
Dude. Peggy is dating Brian Krakow! Thank you!! I knew I recognized him but couldn't figure out from where.
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eveschmeve
Sloane Ranger
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Apr 7, 2015 16:31:45 GMT -4
Post by eveschmeve on Apr 7, 2015 16:31:45 GMT -4
I agree re: no personal growth on the show. It's not like I expect Don to become a Pastor and rescue puppies, but it's a little tedious watching the same story lines over and over. There was nothing to signify that this is the getting near the end of the show. I wonder if the finale will just be a random episode like this, with nothing wrapped up. I can't imagine they'll put together a montage of what everyone's doing in the 80's in the final episode.
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