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05-19-2015, 10:08 PM | #1036 |
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I'm happy with the series finale. Maybe the bar is so low from so many disappointing finales?
Expected no closure for Don. He has always been adrift. Peggy deserves happiness if they are going to give it to Pete. Roger is where he should be. everyone thinks its Don that does the Coca-Cola ad? I thought it was maybe Peggy? Not really important though. |
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05-19-2015, 10:34 PM | #1037 | |
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While Don didn't really change his philandering ways during the 60's, he did change as a person, experiencing the highs and lows of sex, drugs, racial tension and high society of that era. In 1971, he changes again, this time to a California "hippie", complete with yoga and spiritual retreats, while embracing his inner Don/Dick. It would be fun to see Don Draper in the excess of the 80's "me" generation and his reaction to it. |
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05-19-2015, 10:34 PM | #1038 | |
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At any rate, I've been rewatching the whole series again, and there was so much forethought put into this show. Weiner obviously had this thing written from beginning to end. It's kind of fun to notice things that didn't seem to serve any purpose at the time, but foreshadowed much later events. One of the best tv shows ever, really. |
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05-19-2015, 10:38 PM | #1039 | |
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I truly believe that Weiner had the beginning and ending for Don's character mapped before shooting ever began. And as you mentioned, it's certainly of the best television series, ever, and for me, the finale was very satisfying. |
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05-19-2015, 10:38 PM | #1040 | |
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For that matter, I think the show gave us plenty of closure on Don. He is who he is. He makes the same mistakes and follows the same patterns, over and over and over. All throughout the show he's been a man who needs to wander off and lose himself in order to move forward. He's a man who can have a legitimate emotional revelation at the hippie new-age camp AND use that as inspiration for an ad campaign. It's a cynical ending, not an ambiguous one. The closure comes in Don's seeming acceptance, finally, of who he is (no matter the name used). Though that acceptance, like any of Don's big life choices, will probably be short lived. But he'll always land on his feet. And he'll always find in his experiences a way to sell something. It's who he is. |
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05-19-2015, 10:59 PM | #1041 | |
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05-19-2015, 11:01 PM | #1042 |
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It's foreshadowed right in the pilot episode. I think Weiner even admitted that. Or someone from the show.
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05-20-2015, 09:00 AM | #1043 |
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I am always fascinated with the times in which I never experience.
The 60's and 70's are an enigma to me. I feel mad men has helped me to wrap my brain around a tiny portion of that era. Here is an article from NYT 1967 about the kind of place Don Went to: http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time...pageNumber=119 |
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05-20-2015, 11:03 AM | #1044 |
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Very cool link, Slag. I enjoyed going through the entire document.
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05-20-2015, 10:12 PM | #1045 |
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woman are strange creatures especially when their biological clock is ticking.
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05-21-2015, 07:55 AM | #1046 |
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lol
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05-23-2015, 12:05 AM | #1047 | |
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05-23-2015, 12:12 AM | #1048 | |
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08-31-2015, 07:58 AM | #1049 |
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Have been re-watching the entire series on Netflix recently. I loved the show the first time through. Now, it's even better. The foreshadowing is incredible throughout. Weiner doesn't waste a scene.
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10-29-2015, 11:39 PM | #1050 |
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Bet you remember the commercial. Bet you don't remember who was in it
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