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This episode made me feel like I was in High School English class and I hadn't done my homework in 3 weeks. I was in no mood to disseminate or interpret scenes and other dumb shit. I thought the last episode was awful.
Sure, if you look at it from a perspective of themes, progressive society vs. traditionalism, imagery of the different sets and character relationships it's pretty damn good. But sometimes I just want to watch Don Draper and not have to write a book report on a fucking tv show.
Sure, if you look at it from a perspective of themes, progressive society vs. traditionalism, imagery of the different sets and character relationships it's pretty damn good. But sometimes I just want to watch Don Draper and not have to write a book report on a fucking tv show.
If you want mindless entertainment there is a wide array of shows you could watch. Perhaps follow Megan and start watching soap operas?
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Mad Men still works prefectly well for mindless entertainment. I don't understand any of the themes are intellectual shit they cram into every episode and I still thoroughly enjoy each one. I thought this last episode was great just cause it was so weird and hilarious at times.
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Wait.. you though this last episode was too subtle and not entertaining enough? I thought it was one of the funniest episodes they've ever had, just seeing everyone all hopped up on speed or whatever was fucking hilarious. Cosgrove tap dancing with his cane had me dying. Even without the symbolism, layers, blah blah that makes the show great, the episode was amazing just on the surface.
Chaough coming back after the weekend and going 'wtf is all this crap, what the hell happened here over the weekend??' was amazing. Well.. everyone was hopped up on drugs, and it's all your account guy's fault, that's what happened.
Chaough coming back after the weekend and going 'wtf is all this crap, what the hell happened here over the weekend??' was amazing. Well.. everyone was hopped up on drugs, and it's all your account guy's fault, that's what happened.
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I didn't get the feeling that the themes in this episode were buried very deep. It was written like a speed trip... everything was right on the surface and fleeting. This one was just something that you watched and took completely at face value.
It was the scene where Don timeskipped. When that window behind him went from night to morning after his brief flashback something clicked and it just took the fuck off. I remember lit-rah-ly thinking to myself "wait, wasn't that window da... oooooh".
The entire damn script was an onomontapia. Very clever, but in a different way than usual. Which after 50 shades of draper was a wonderful relief.
But yeah, if you tried to watch this episode the same way that you had to watch the previous one it would have been seriously annoying.
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I'm glad Peggy is done with that hippy douche, even if he was the one to end it. Double glad that she stabbed him too.
Don and Betty took what the show has been suggesting about Don for a long time and slapped you in the face with it. He's interested in the idea of things, but not the reality. Really liked Betty's lines when they were in bed
Don and Betty took what the show has been suggesting about Don for a long time and slapped you in the face with it. He's interested in the idea of things, but not the reality. Really liked Betty's lines when they were in bed
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Best episode of the season and one of the very best episode of the show without a doubt. Something in particular impressed me: some characters from time to time almost become caricatures of themselves, but here I felt there was a lot of nuance and ambiguity written in all the characters, working well with the 'irresolvable duality/alternative' theme of the episode.
PS: Music (Don joins Betty music!) and costumes (the brutal modernity of Megan's white T and panties) were especially great also.
PS: Music (Don joins Betty music!) and costumes (the brutal modernity of Megan's white T and panties) were especially great also.
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Yeah it was a great episode. Peggy finding herself cast out on all sides sucks, with all this talk of headhunting maybe she's about to jump ship again? Her boyfriend was a fucking toolbox anyway. Felt bad for Roger though, and with his character that is hard to do.
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iannis
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You say that about Peggy again and she'll stab you with a home made polearm.
Edit: Am I the only one that liked Peggy's boyfriend? He had a Jim Croche vibe going on. I mean yeah, he was kinda a twat, but he was a good guy. Just not the guy that Pegster needs.
Sterling
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I was referring to Roger's kid not Peggy. I already mentioned before she is Zoe from West Wing not Peggy and that I would pee in her butt.