Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Mad Men

Great season of Mad Men this year (Season 4) - I felt it had more of a storyline than the previous series, which were all style and anguish, but little action. This Season had more of a sense of purpose. Don tries to give up drinking, he meets a career woman who is very much his equal, Peggy grows more confident and learns how to say No, Sally Draper (Don's daughter) goes to therapy, Joan's husband goes to Vietnam, the world is changing, and the Surgeon General declares that cigarettes give you cancer! Betty is the only one who doesn't move on - she is still stuck in an "everybody's out to get me" funk.

Don't read too much of the site if you haven't seen the season finale, though - it gives away a lot.One section you can read is the 1960s Handbook - really interesting to see how much of the background stories are fact-based.

And of course, don't forget the Fashion File (although there are some spoilers in there to). I didn't read it all - it looks like every episode is dissected with fashion scissors.

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