I saw this video on Gawker, and it couldn't have been more Parkery without a social disorder.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
§ ita § - May 15, 2012 4:52:51 pm PDT #9547 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Typo Boy - May 15, 2012 6:35:12 pm PDT #9548 of 11998
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Jilli may get a kick out of this Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon is now a "Dark Shadows" addict, thanks to the Mad Men episode: [link]
But in the lead-up to this, I realized I didn't actually know much about "Dark Shadows". The movie looks wretched,* but it turns out that the original series is streaming on Netflix. So I fired it up, figuring I'd start in the second season when things got good (which is actually where Netflix starts the series at all), and that I'd take in a couple of episodes to get a feel for it. What happened instead is a bit of a "Dark Shadows" binge. That show rules. It's like eating candy. Deliciously campy candy, replete with silly vampire stuff and great 60s hair.
Further on:
I think soap operas tend to be viewed as "women's entertainment", and so their self-awareness and their skill at story-telling is discounted. (As well as their ability to churn out an astounding amount of product with limited resources.) But "Mad Men" actually owes a great debt to soap operas. To write a great soap opera, you have to be able to go a long time onscreen with "nothing" really happening---i.e., lots of relationship-building and table-setting, but no big plot twists---without boring your audience to death. As is suggested in this episode, one way soaps do that is with delightfully hammy acting, which "Mad Men" obviously has to shun. But mostly they do it by making you care about the characters so that their little dramas seem as important to you as they are to the characters.
sumi - May 16, 2012 11:22:49 am PDT #9549 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Zenkitty - May 16, 2012 11:55:09 am PDT #9550 of 11998
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Leverage is on at 8pm now? Wasn't it on at 9 before?
sumi - May 17, 2012 9:46:10 am PDT #9551 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
I think so.
Jessica - May 21, 2012 4:04:38 am PDT #9552 of 11998
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
No Mad Men discussion at all? Not even anyone gleefully shouting "THERE'S AN AIRPLANE HERE TO SEE YOU!"?
DavidS - May 21, 2012 4:31:15 am PDT #9553 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Not even anyone gleefully shouting "THERE'S AN AIRPLANE HERE TO SEE YOU!"?
I'm still traumatized by Paul Kinsey as a Hare Krishna.
Though all the Joan and Don moments were nice.
Rich Somer has hit a rich comic vein just by playing Harry as a total schmuck. And yet, his odd sense of loyalty to Kinsey was sweet.
I need to see Sal with groovy sideburns now.
Polter-Cow - May 21, 2012 4:43:29 am PDT #9554 of 11998
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm still traumatized by Paul Kinsey as a Hare Krishna.
That was...unexpected.
Though all the Joan and Don moments were nice
I like when Don shows his sweet side.
(Perhaps he should show it to his wife. OH BUUURRRRNNN.)
sumi - May 21, 2012 5:16:45 am PDT #9555 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, that was really unexpected. I had managed to completely forget the existence of Hare Krishnas.
Joan losing it was great: it's so unlike her.
Did Lane actually steal the money? I was confused there.
erikaj - May 21, 2012 5:32:02 am PDT #9556 of 11998
Always Anti-fascist!
they always make me think of George Harrison. He stuck with it though.