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11/18/09
But, now that I know that is not the case, well- it is just so wrong.
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The tagline is Peggy's, you can thank Sal for the model's fierce smize, and the ad was sold to Lucky Strike by Pete Campbell over a deli lunch served by his wife, Trudie, Patron Saint of Awesome Hats.
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But I agree that this has Pete Campbell written all over it. "You know, Mr. Cooper, the Oriental* market is full of untapped potential."
* Not a descriptor I would use, but I'm fairly certain ol' Petey would.
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(This just reminded me that said loans have put me in the red this month; I may very well be eating my own hat for dinner!)
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@bluetrain84: I knew some good would come out of it!
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That'd be like having Twiggy all dolled up mod make-up, while wearing a Victorian dress and sporting a straw farmer's hat. Does not compute!
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And if an Asian woman wearing a mandarin collar in the '60s isn't a kimono, I'll eat my hat.
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@BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Lucky Strike is disrespectful to tar! Can you see I am serious! Get out of my way, all of you! This is no place for loafers. Join me or die. Can you do any less?
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11/13/09
There really is no way to tell what sort of human she would have become under different circumstances – but then is there ever? For all I know Betty would be just as boring in modern times, but last time I checked I didn't believe in feminism for some, or feminism for the nice, or feminism for friends only. #madmen
11/11/09
Like, when Don says "You think you're better than everyone else" and "You're a whore" I feel like he really means those things about himself. It's that whole You-hate-in-others-what-is-true-about-yo... thing.
The baby crying, Betty in her pjs and Don in his suit... the kids will be better off with you, Don? You who often comes home drunk, if you come home at all? it just punctuated to me that all these terrible things he's saying about Betty, all the things people can possibly judge against Betty as character flaws... they're all Don's flaws.
Especially the life raft thing. Really, Don? And stealing someone's identity to get a new life is better than what Betty's doing? Projecting much?
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I don't think that I can agree with this statement. I don't see her as pouty and insolent as much as I see a defeated woman, hopeless, and trapped. The fire that we saw in the first season when she shot the birds burned because she still had dreams of what her family and life could be. And I think that she realized that her sleeping with the man at the bar in season two was not going to be a fix-all, although it may have been temporarily cathartic. Betty didn't have anything else to give in the end, and I think the writers wanted to illustrate that. #madmen
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This was clearest to me during the final epic argument between Betty and Don. He physically threw her around--very tacky regardless of what time you are living in--and she claimed he wasn't good enough for her. I think they've both been selfish and childish. Nobody is winning any contests. It's interesting that viewers treat this like a boxing match.
I noted that one of the quotes used was from TWoP, who inconsistently maintain a policy that forbids commenters from dissing or even actually addressing other commenters, particularly in a negative manner. Depending on who's running the thread, you can get dinged or even band for criticizing others on the board, even in an even-handed manner. Of course, again, it really depends on who takes notice. #madmen
11/11/09
She lost the only person she trusted in the world. She kept trying the only way she knew, while her husband ignored her inner world, and treated her like an accessory. She finally gathered the courage to walk out. Why should a miserable woman be a good mother? Miserable people are not good anything. When Don feels miserable, he gets a two week sex holiday under the CA sun and a christening in the ocean. Betty? She gets to wait.
At this point, I hate Don. There is not part of that man that is not 100% self-absorbed. There is nothing he does that is not self-serving. And people around him keep falling for his charming ways. Every good thing he says or does comes with an ulterior motive. He walks all over people and then he apologizes. Ooops, it's the Don Draper magic, the problem is gone. As Sally said, he keeps saying things he doesn't mean. He has had no character development. He's still the fool he was in the first episode. #madmen
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