Mad Men

[Sukie]

I didn't see a thread for this one yet. Did anyone else watch this last night? It is on AMC and has received great reviews. It is set in a NYC ad agency in 1960.

I watched and really enjoyed it. The look of the show is amazing.

Any thoughts?

[coley]

I totally forgot it was on last night. I wanted to see it! Is AMC replaying it over the week?

[Sukie]

coley said:

I totally forgot it was on last night. I wanted to see it! Is AMC replaying it over the week?

Yes, looks like they are re-running it quite a bit.

[coley]

Thanks! I can watch it tonight! I saw some of the "Making Of" and thought it was really interesting.

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It was so gorgeous to look at. And that guy who played Don was smokin' hot.
And besides the tasty visuals, it was very compelling and as my husband pointed out--it was a joy to watch a show that isn't about cops, lawyers, or doctors.

[ownlife]

I liked it too and I second the notion that Don is smokin' hot.

[coley]

I really enjoyed it. It is very interesting to see the women in the working world in 1960.

[monkey]

I'm loving it - the pretty colors, the dissolute characters, the dark-side-of-McMahon-and-Tate feeling...

The sexual harrassment in the workplace that was apparently par for the course back then is just maddening. I know it would probably be unrealistic for Peggy to stand up for herself, but I hope the character does something redeeming after sleeping with Campbell.

[strawberrylover]

I tuned in to Mad Men because of Christina Hendricks, who was so fun and sassy in Firefly as Saffron, and all I gotta say is I hope they give her character more to do in the future than strolling around the office in tight dresses.

But otherwise, I liked the show too! I loved its style, and its utter un-PCness in portraying in 1960, none of that "good ol' days" veneer.

And OMG, can I just thank God for the fortune of coming of age in the post-integration, post-sex revolution, post-feminist movement era!

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No kidding on the women treatment parts--I was in awe of how awful that doctor was to the girl getting the pill from him. What an ASSSSSSSS.