I've only seen one other episode of Mad Men in my Writing for Digital Media class, and I liked this episode a lot more than the pilot. Although this is not a show I will probably ever get into, just because the content and plot don't interest me very much, I can definitely see why it is so popular, especially with people who are older than my age group. I really appreciated and enjoyed the historical material that was featured in the episode, because it taught me a piece of history I never knew about before. It was really cool to learn about how the company took out so many laxative advertisements to ensure that Kennedy couldn't have any TV air time, although he did win the election anyways. As for the costume design, I was very impressed and definitely understand why they have won so many awards. I loved Don Draper's wife's dresses, especially the one the Italian Designer had created for her. It was pretty amazing to see the type of dresses that were considered beautiful/scandalous for the time period.
I really appreciated the authenticity effort put into making the environment of the sixties, including the clothes and acting. I thought it was interesting when people working for the ad agency were discussing how to market the Nixon campaign. From what I remember, This show pretty much came out of no where at a time when reality shows were popular and people were tired of that so people started watching dramas with good production value and good, original content.
I actually enjoyed this show more than I thought I would. I always knew that it was a show about people who worked on Madison Avenue, but I really didn't know much else. I like how they really captured the era that they were in, everyone looked the part, and sounded the part, not using any slang at all. And they showed what life was like then in the office place, women and their life in the workplace, and how you could just smoke, and drink on the clock too. The look of the show was nostalgic as well, and the part where they showed the coke commercial, really captured the old Advertisements that you might have seen back in the day.
When I was in film class in high school, everyone constantly talked about Mad Men. I had never watched an episode of it and have simply shrugged at its existence. Now that I have seen an episode of it, I am honestly rather pleased by it. It's pretty interesting in its own right, and though it may not to be everyone's taste, it is well done. It feels very authentic, and it has good humor within it. I want to find more episodes of it so that I can further watch it. That episode ending was just far too awesome.
Seeing the Pilot episode last year for Media & Society kind of turned me off from the series, but after seeing this episode I'm seriously considering watching the whole series. I absolutely love the fashion from this time period and I feel the makers of Mad Men did a phenomenal job at recreating these looks. I was really impressed at how they made Betty Draper look so much like Grace Kelly (I'm imaging the Rear Window Grace Kelly in the white and black dress) for the Coca-Cola auditions in that black, pink, and white gown, amazing. The story for this episode felt much more engaging to me and I really enjoyed seeing the discreet actions some of the women took to defy the ages views on women and working. Overall I think this is exactly the kind of show I should (and want to) be watching.
This was the first and only episode I have seen of Mad Men, and my inner feminist had kept me from watching it because I had heard that it glorified the sexism of the 60s. Maybe it was just this particular episode, but I felt like the sexism wasn't glorified at all, but rather exposed and almost ridiculed. I was very interested in the way Pete (I think his name was Pete at least) got defensive over the secretary and beat up his colleague for saying something rude about her body. I also absolutely loved the closing scene where Don Draper's wife took the shotgun out and fired at the neighbors birds. Though I can understand the hype behind the show I couldn't see myself getting too into it. It was certainly interesting and I wasn't at all bored by it, but era-dramas just aren't my cup of tea. American Horror Story is where it's at.
MAD MEN has been a craze amongst nearly all my close friends and my cousins. Somehow it never struck a chord with me, but after seeing the episode in class last week it caught my attention. First off the appearance and setting of everything is fantastic. I can see how they have been sweeping costume awards at the Emmy's. The true captivating factor of the show has to be character depth. Between Draper, Betty and Pete, I believe MAD MEN has captured the essence of different personal dilemmas people went through in the time period. We have the stud Draper, he's intelligent, a true womanizer, and damn good at his job. Betty symbolizes every woman who was struggling with the lack of say and recognition. (Although I will give Don an A+ for his "best job in the world" speech to Betty - hopefully she doesn't take that shotgun to him). And there's Pete, the facade of a womanizer but a softy at heart. He seems to respect women more than any other man and might be seen as futuristic thinker. I am definitely going to look up MAD MEN on Netflix.
I had tried to get into Mad Men a few years ago, but it never really stuck with me. I probably wasn't old enough or learned enough to understand exactly what was happening in the show or the intricacies that the creators took in creating the world, but upon watching the show now I can see the appeal. The 1960's was a vastly different time period than the one that we are in now, and watching Mad Men you can see just how different it was. The attention to detail in the show is remarkable, with fashion, vocabulary, and even architecture being shown for how different they were. It is this design of the show that will bring me back for further viewings.
My sister has been trying to get me to watch Mad Men since the pilot episode. I never did, but after last class I wish I had. Mad Men has captured the 60's like no other show has. The fact that drinking on the job was not only accepted but encouraged is mind-boggling. It almost makes me wish I was born in the 60s... maybe a post civil-rights 60s if that makes any sense. The costumes of Mad Men are obviously phenomenal. They have won numerous Emmys for them and its clear why. Just by seeing the show once I am able to see the detail in which the costume designer put into their work, and it is spot on. I will most definitely be watching this show in the near future.
I tried a couple of months ago to get into Mad Men by watching the first couple of episodes but I didn’t really enjoy it as much as the other shows I was watching. After watching the first episode for a second time, in class, I found that I was more interested. This is probably due to the fact that I wasn’t 100% focuses on the show while watching it previously at my home and missed a lot of what exactly was going on. My favorite part about the show was definitely how it takes place in the 1960’s and how well the custom designs portrayed this. It really doesn’t surprise me that they have won numerous amounts of awards, especially for this aspect of the show. I also really liked how the show followed one of the main characters, Don, out of his office job and back to his suburban home life so you began to gain a sense of who he really is both inside and outside of his executive position. Since I was more forced to watch the pilot of the episode compared to the last time I did and actually paid more attention to what exactly was going on, I think I have a much better overall understanding of what the rest of the show is about, obviously minus all the specific characters details.
Mad Men has been "on my list" for a while now. My friends always raved about it and I never knew why. After seeing the episode we watched in class, I can definitely see the appeal. It's very interesting to see the show expose the level of sexism that was present during that time period. I liked how they used Betty Draper to show how many women in that time were dissatisfied with the roles society had defined for them. I can't even begin to picture some of the behavior depicted in the show, both in the workplace and in the home, occurring today. I know there are women who choose to be stay at home moms, but the thought either not getting the choice, or to be looked down on for being a working mother is a bit disturbing. It was nice to see though that Don Draper supported whatever decision his wife wanted to make.
I've only seen one other episode of Mad Men in my Writing for Digital Media class, and I liked this episode a lot more than the pilot. Although this is not a show I will probably ever get into, just because the content and plot don't interest me very much, I can definitely see why it is so popular, especially with people who are older than my age group. I really appreciated and enjoyed the historical material that was featured in the episode, because it taught me a piece of history I never knew about before. It was really cool to learn about how the company took out so many laxative advertisements to ensure that Kennedy couldn't have any TV air time, although he did win the election anyways. As for the costume design, I was very impressed and definitely understand why they have won so many awards. I loved Don Draper's wife's dresses, especially the one the Italian Designer had created for her. It was pretty amazing to see the type of dresses that were considered beautiful/scandalous for the time period.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciated the authenticity effort put into making the environment of the sixties, including the clothes and acting. I thought it was interesting when people working for the ad agency were discussing how to market the Nixon campaign. From what I remember, This show pretty much came out of no where at a time when reality shows were popular and people were tired of that so people started watching dramas with good production value and good, original content.
ReplyDeleteI actually enjoyed this show more than I thought I would. I always knew that it was a show about people who worked on Madison Avenue, but I really didn't know much else. I like how they really captured the era that they were in, everyone looked the part, and sounded the part, not using any slang at all. And they showed what life was like then in the office place, women and their life in the workplace, and how you could just smoke, and drink on the clock too.
ReplyDeleteThe look of the show was nostalgic as well, and the part where they showed the coke commercial, really captured the old Advertisements that you might have seen back in the day.
When I was in film class in high school, everyone constantly talked about Mad Men. I had never watched an episode of it and have simply shrugged at its existence. Now that I have seen an episode of it, I am honestly rather pleased by it. It's pretty interesting in its own right, and though it may not to be everyone's taste, it is well done. It feels very authentic, and it has good humor within it. I want to find more episodes of it so that I can further watch it. That episode ending was just far too awesome.
ReplyDeleteSeeing the Pilot episode last year for Media & Society kind of turned me off from the series, but after seeing this episode I'm seriously considering watching the whole series. I absolutely love the fashion from this time period and I feel the makers of Mad Men did a phenomenal job at recreating these looks. I was really impressed at how they made Betty Draper look so much like Grace Kelly (I'm imaging the Rear Window Grace Kelly in the white and black dress) for the Coca-Cola auditions in that black, pink, and white gown, amazing. The story for this episode felt much more engaging to me and I really enjoyed seeing the discreet actions some of the women took to defy the ages views on women and working. Overall I think this is exactly the kind of show I should (and want to) be watching.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first and only episode I have seen of Mad Men, and my inner feminist had kept me from watching it because I had heard that it glorified the sexism of the 60s. Maybe it was just this particular episode, but I felt like the sexism wasn't glorified at all, but rather exposed and almost ridiculed. I was very interested in the way Pete (I think his name was Pete at least) got defensive over the secretary and beat up his colleague for saying something rude about her body. I also absolutely loved the closing scene where Don Draper's wife took the shotgun out and fired at the neighbors birds. Though I can understand the hype behind the show I couldn't see myself getting too into it. It was certainly interesting and I wasn't at all bored by it, but era-dramas just aren't my cup of tea. American Horror Story is where it's at.
ReplyDeleteMAD MEN has been a craze amongst nearly all my close friends and my cousins. Somehow it never struck a chord with me, but after seeing the episode in class last week it caught my attention. First off the appearance and setting of everything is fantastic. I can see how they have been sweeping costume awards at the Emmy's. The true captivating factor of the show has to be character depth. Between Draper, Betty and Pete, I believe MAD MEN has captured the essence of different personal dilemmas people went through in the time period. We have the stud Draper, he's intelligent, a true womanizer, and damn good at his job. Betty symbolizes every woman who was struggling with the lack of say and recognition. (Although I will give Don an A+ for his "best job in the world" speech to Betty - hopefully she doesn't take that shotgun to him). And there's Pete, the facade of a womanizer but a softy at heart. He seems to respect women more than any other man and might be seen as futuristic thinker. I am definitely going to look up MAD MEN on Netflix.
ReplyDeleteI had tried to get into Mad Men a few years ago, but it never really stuck with me. I probably wasn't old enough or learned enough to understand exactly what was happening in the show or the intricacies that the creators took in creating the world, but upon watching the show now I can see the appeal. The 1960's was a vastly different time period than the one that we are in now, and watching Mad Men you can see just how different it was. The attention to detail in the show is remarkable, with fashion, vocabulary, and even architecture being shown for how different they were. It is this design of the show that will bring me back for further viewings.
ReplyDeleteMy sister has been trying to get me to watch Mad Men since the pilot episode. I never did, but after last class I wish I had. Mad Men has captured the 60's like no other show has. The fact that drinking on the job was not only accepted but encouraged is mind-boggling. It almost makes me wish I was born in the 60s... maybe a post civil-rights 60s if that makes any sense. The costumes of Mad Men are obviously phenomenal. They have won numerous Emmys for them and its clear why. Just by seeing the show once I am able to see the detail in which the costume designer put into their work, and it is spot on. I will most definitely be watching this show in the near future.
ReplyDeleteI tried a couple of months ago to get into Mad Men by watching the first couple of episodes but I didn’t really enjoy it as much as the other shows I was watching. After watching the first episode for a second time, in class, I found that I was more interested. This is probably due to the fact that I wasn’t 100% focuses on the show while watching it previously at my home and missed a lot of what exactly was going on. My favorite part about the show was definitely how it takes place in the 1960’s and how well the custom designs portrayed this. It really doesn’t surprise me that they have won numerous amounts of awards, especially for this aspect of the show.
ReplyDeleteI also really liked how the show followed one of the main characters, Don, out of his office job and back to his suburban home life so you began to gain a sense of who he really is both inside and outside of his executive position. Since I was more forced to watch the pilot of the episode compared to the last time I did and actually paid more attention to what exactly was going on, I think I have a much better overall understanding of what the rest of the show is about, obviously minus all the specific characters details.
Mad Men has been "on my list" for a while now. My friends always raved about it and I never knew why. After seeing the episode we watched in class, I can definitely see the appeal. It's very interesting to see the show expose the level of sexism that was present during that time period. I liked how they used Betty Draper to show how many women in that time were dissatisfied with the roles society had defined for them. I can't even begin to picture some of the behavior depicted in the show, both in the workplace and in the home, occurring today. I know there are women who choose to be stay at home moms, but the thought either not getting the choice, or to be looked down on for being a working mother is a bit disturbing. It was nice to see though that Don Draper supported whatever decision his wife wanted to make.
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