http://hermenaut.org/2008/09/17/mad-men-musings-changing-times/ (an aggregator) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://hermenaut.org/2008/09/17/mad-men-musings-changing-times/#comment-6187 Peggy Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:47:37 +0000 http://www.murketing.com/journal/?p=1529#comment-6187 Absolutely, I too am really looking forward to the collision between the Don Drapers and The New. And I share your view of the show: I find I am not too interested in their personal lives (except for the excellent production design and wardrobe), but fascinated by the workings of mid-century advertising, which created the world I grew up in (nee 1963). And that "the youth" reacted against, creating the other world I grew up in. Both worlds fully inflected and motivated by images and metaphor, if not, perhaps, limited to advertising per se. If I could say one thing to the show's writers, it would be this: more meetings! Less soap opera! Absolutely, I too am really looking forward to the collision between the Don Drapers and The New. And I share your view of the show: I find I am not too interested in their personal lives (except for the excellent production design and wardrobe), but fascinated by the workings of mid-century advertising, which created the world I grew up in (nee 1963). And that “the youth” reacted against, creating the other world I grew up in. Both worlds fully inflected and motivated by images and metaphor, if not, perhaps, limited to advertising per se. If I could say one thing to the show’s writers, it would be this: more meetings! Less soap opera!

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