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SILENCE!

July 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · writing

Y’know, cheers to Dan. I came home from work drained and exhausted because it was one of those days that feel interminable, like you’re positive your computer clock is lying to you because it says only ten minutes have passed when you’re sure it’s been more like an hour, and then you start thinking that [...]

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Mad Men: Goodbye to all that

October 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · mad men, reviews, television

Mad Men’s season finale, “Tomorrowland,” was one of the densest episodes of the season. How do the writers cram all that story into one 43 minute episode? Amazing. We start with Don + Faye and end with Don + Megan, and the only thing surprising is how quickly that story turned around. I admit, I [...]

Mad Men: Cold Turkey

October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television

I’ll be honest with you, I was nervous going into last night’s episode of Mad Men (“Blowing Smoke”), since the previous episode left such a bad taste in my mouth. Thankfully it was back to business as usual — which, of course, given the previous episode, isn’t exactly the best of all possible worlds. SCDP [...]

Mad Men: Satisfaction

September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television

Was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” the summer of ’65′s hot summer jam? The opening of last night’s episode, “The Summer Man,” makes it seem like it would have been. And I watched Don Draper reach into his shirt pocket for his cigarettes as Mick Jagger sings “he can’t be a man ’cause he doesn’t [...]

Mad Men: Torn Between Two Drunkards

September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television

Good God, y’all. OK, first: I meant to write up last week’s episode, I really and truly did, but then I didn’t, and you know, it’s just as well because I like the way last night’s episode, “The Suitcase,” provided some sort of continuity and maybe even closure to last week’s “Waldorf Stories.” But before [...]

Mad Men: Of Hair and Sex

August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television

Apologies for getting this out so late. My internet connection has been finicky and odious and not only did it take approximately two hours for the episode to download from iTunes this morning, but as I write this I have no connection at all. I have a feeling that last night’s Mad Men episode, “The [...]

Mad Men: The Beauty Myth

August 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · mad men, reviews, television

Last night’s episode of Mad Men, “The Rejected,” was directed by John Slattery (Roger Sterling), and a damn fine episode it was, too. It’s splendid (or rather, SWELLIGANT) on its own, but is also masterfully linked to events that happen all the way back in Season 1. The focus group for Ponds, for example, begs [...]

Mad Men: Bad News Always Follows Good

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television

We’ve had two episodes of Mad Men that focused on characters separately, and the new Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce business as a whole, but last night’s episode, “The Good News,” focused on relationships. I love when it does that. When I saw the episode title I wasn’t sure whether it would be a Christian reference, [...]

Mad Men: I don’t hate Christmas, I just hate THIS Christmas

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television

So here’s how things are going to work for the foreseeable future: I’m blogging about Mad Men over at a new progressive magazine called Imagined, but in less recappy, more thematic way, which forces me to leave out a lot of stuff I still want to discuss about the show (and in a more personal [...]

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