Archive for October, 2008
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Mad Men – “5G”
I was worried that Mad Men had descended into melodrama when, and I am sure it was deliberate, Don was rummaging in his briefcase in Adam’s apartment and I thought he might produce a gun.
The man who played Adam was fantastic. I can’t look his name up without finding out if he is in more than one episode of Mad Men. He was the perfect mixture of emotions: sad and vulnerable and happy and scared and anxious and desperate.
Peggy did tell Joan too much and she seemed to panic too much over Don’s absence: it is entirely his job to explain himself. Joan was great in this episode with her twinkling eyes when talking to Peggy and leading the meeting.
I’m afraid that I don’t much care about Don’s relationship with Midge and I hope she’s not too important in the future.
I did love the hilarious cut from sophisticated Don and Midge in her bohemian apartment to Pete in bed with Trudy with him wearing pajamas and a vest and eating biscuits and drinking milk. However, Pete is completely slimy and while I’m not sure if I like Trudy she certainly seems at this moment to be too good for him.
Paul is also horrible and to think he was almost nice.
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
I watch Ugly Betty because of its fabulous acting and its zingy one-liners. If I think too hard about the plot lines and the occasional uneven characterization I stop liking it so I don’t do that. And I certainly don’t think about Betty and Henry and Gio – even when they are on-screen.
And just because here are two screencaps of Ashley Jensen. The first is from Takin’ Over the Asylum (1994).
This is from the Ugly Betty episode “Burning Questions” (2008).
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Mad Men – “New Amsterdam”
We discover why Pete was described as being good with people when we find out how well connected he is on his mother’s side. Is he a bit dim as well as ambitious? He failed at both attempts to be in control. I think this series is about the struggle that men and women face in a world of changing gender expectations. The fact that Pete’s importance comes via his mother is continued through to his wife getting her own way. He thinks he should be the boss but he isn’t.
Don’s boss looked like Colonel Saunders.
The scenes between Betty and Glen, Helen’s son, were creepy and sad. I’m not sure she should have given him the lock of hair because that seems inappropriately encouraging.
I have decided that January Jones is not a smoker.
This series feels like reading a novel or watching a (really long) film. I have no idea how much is made up on the fly and how much is pre-planned.
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Girls grow up faster than boys do
Girls grow up faster than boys
Girls grow up faster than boys do
So, baby, I’m old enough for you
Once you used to date my big sister
Now, baby, she’s too old for you
Won’t you take a look at me now
You’ll be surprised at what you see now
I’m everything a girl should be now
36-21-35
I don’t really know where to start but any analysis of the words ought to leave a skeezy taste in your mouth.
However, what really gets me is that this is a Goffin and K…, thank goodness, not King but a Goffin and Keeler song. Gerry Goffin is a lyricist and so he is responsible for these words and those of “He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)”. I understand the background to “He Hit Me” but to translate the complexity of a troubled relationship into a three minute pop song is sometimes beyond the scope of talented wordsmiths like Goffin. I do rather wish he hadn’t bothered trying.
Anyhow, Keeler co-wrote the theme to the charming Bewitched starring the equally charming Elizabeth Montgomery.
PS On the other hand:
I can recall the time
When I wasn’t ashamed
To reach out to a friend
And now I think I’ve got
A lot more than
A skipping rope to lend
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