Monday, August 04, 2008

overrated

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I’ve really tried to like Mad Men. It’s won awards, the critics love it. It’s hip, it’s stylish. To me it’s overrated. I’m not going to argue that that acting is solid (I’ve been a fan of Elizabeth Moss since her days on the West Wing), but its lampooning of early 60's sexism and habits is over the top as to be clumsy. And yes I know its ironic and the women really do have the power, but that doesn't make it any less clumsy. Everything it is trying to do has been done better in Far From Heaven or even the Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio. Is there something I’m not getting? Is it because I’m a man who isn’t a misogynist? I dunno

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