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As we close this out, one question still burns.
In creating this, do you think Matthew Weiner wrote with optimism or pessimism. On one hand, Don is the embodiment of the American Dream. There is no depredation [leaving aside for the moment race and sexual orientation] in your upbringing that cannot be overcome with vision and commitment. On the other, there are the variables that differ from straight white and male that held a number back and on the sidelines of the narrative, and even Don could not escape his memory, and suffered at every turn for it. |
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Of course, that's a false nostalgia, as scrappy upstarts are more possible now than ever... but it just feels like Weiner is reaching for that. |
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05-14-2015, 07:22 PM | #948 | |
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05-14-2015, 09:03 PM | #949 |
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How does Don only have on strong craving of booze. I mean he has to be a pretty bad alcoholic at this point.
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05-14-2015, 09:52 PM | #954 | |
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It'll be a year before I can fill in the gap if I am not done by Sunday. I think some are on the AMC site under full episodes though. I love it. I love watching the creatives in the ad world on Madison Avenue during that time as it so close to my background. |
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05-14-2015, 09:54 PM | #955 |
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05-14-2015, 10:34 PM | #957 |
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I recently visited a big ad agency in KC. These people are still doing exactly the same things. The tools are obviously different, everybody trying to create viral, totally immersed in pop culture while trying to direct it, big screens all over, millennial versions of Pete and Peggy jabbering with a monster drink in one hand and an xxl phone in the other. Looked like more fun than any of that shit scdp was doing.
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05-14-2015, 10:47 PM | #959 |
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That's what it reminded me of. I can remember thinking that for all the crap millennials catch, these were some of the smartest and most optimistic people I had been around in a long time. Made me feel pretty good seeing such industry among the young, even if it was just to sell more Blizzards.
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