I hear that he's going to be on WAT too.
Salon Magazine on Madmen and The LA Times on the costumes of Mad Men.
Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.
Wash ,'Serenity'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
sumi - Oct 14, 2007 12:24:03 pm PDT #667 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
DavidS - Oct 15, 2007 4:58:55 pm PDT #668 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've been thinking about Mad Men re: The Sopranos.
If The Sopranos is in the great American tradition of gangster movies as a metaphor for capitalism, I think Mad Men gets at an even more disquieting metaphor for our culture. It's all lies.
Certainly Mad Men has precedent in movies like The Apartment and The Thrill Of It All and Frank Tashlin's wackaloon media comedies and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
But I think they are going for the big picture, as in The Sopranos. Which is that the core, definitive element of American culture is pure bullshit. The Sopranos ends on "Don't Stop Believing" as an ode to denial, rationalization and self-justification. Bad Faith, as Sartre would have it.
And that's even more explicit in Mad Men. Cooper's response to Pete's revelation is just the most cynical thing. And it's hard to dismiss.
sumi - Oct 16, 2007 6:16:30 pm PDT #669 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Mad Men's finale is going to be commercial free. (Kind of ironic, huh?)
Damages: So, the other attorney is also working for Frobisher? Or is he working for Patty and hopes to get the tape back w/o freeing Ellen.
le nubian - Oct 16, 2007 6:23:32 pm PDT #670 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't know, but I like how they wrapped nearly everything up this ep. Some scenes seemed really tacked on and not up to par with the rest of the series though.
sumi - Oct 16, 2007 6:39:35 pm PDT #671 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Part of me still wants Patty's husband to be involved in the Frobisher thing
sumi - Oct 16, 2007 7:10:42 pm PDT #672 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Oh and apparently, only the first showing of the Mad Men finale will be commercial free - and will have some footage of the wrap party. (Read this over at TWOP.)
Frankenbuddha - Oct 17, 2007 3:03:17 am PDT #673 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is the Mad Men finale this week? I usually DVR the second airing, but I'll make an exception for commercial free.
le nubian - Oct 17, 2007 3:21:34 am PDT #674 of 11998
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yes. it is the finale.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 17, 2007 3:36:29 am PDT #675 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Thanks! I have the entire season recorded, but I just haven't been able to get to it yet. Luckily, I'll be able to plow through the whole thing once I do get started.
Jesse - Oct 17, 2007 4:07:32 pm PDT #676 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Grr -- BOTH The Office and Grey's Anatomy are running over time, so I can't schedule the first showing of Mad Men! I hope I remember to hit record after they're over, so at least I can catch the extra stuff.
Edit: Or I could just watch Grey's online, which I guess is fine.