Comments on: Mad News, June 12-18

By: S. Tarzan

S. Tarzan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:20:04 +0000

Here's an early review of the season two DVD, with a lot of info about the extra features:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/37792/mad-men-seas…

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:13:40 +0000

Thanks for commenting, Lindy. Given that we are a tough crowd, that took courage!

By: Charlene Freethy

Charlene Freethy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:07:20 +0000

Lindy, a psychological evaluation sounds interesting. I look forward to reading it!

By: Lindy

Lindy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:19:03 +0000

Hi all, I am the Mad Men examiner and geez, you're a hard crowd. FYI, I do kind of agree with what you said. The recaps were written a while ago and I am basically reprinting for people who have never watched the show so they might want to join in. I agree things are kind of dull, but the show has been off the air since the end of last year and I've just been waiting for it to come back on and then promise it will get going full-tilt. I don't really want to go the gossip route and want to focus more on each episode and analysis, so have been going more for the newbie who might want to watch Season 3. I did mess up with Betty's pregnancy – it was not in the original copy I wrote and when I was inserting I thought oh, geez, i forgot the pregnancy, so added it – and that was an error, as I hadn't seen the episode for some time. I stand corrected on that for sure. But I do stand by the rest of the Betty article… not sure what the issue about sequencing was, as it is mainly a psychological evaluation and sure seems in sequence to me.

Anyhow, I would appreciate any suggestions, and I believe you will like it better in a few weeks when Season 3 starts…

By: bee

bee — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:27:44 +0000

I read an interesting article about Helen Gurley Brown and her working-class brand of feminism, as the article termed it –
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/1…

I was reminded of Bobbie and Joan and their advice to Peggy.

By: Ms. Darkly

Ms. Darkly — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:14 +0000

The Examiner blurb on Betty was corrected.

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:07:12 +0000

I'm willing to give the Examiner a little slack while they get up to speed, as there are few media outlets willing to devote resources just to Mad Men.

Plus, I think the Examiner stuff is aimed less at Basketcases than it is at trying to interest non-viewers into catching up before Season 3 in August.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:16:22 +0000

Not exactly MM-related, but those into set design might find this interesting. I wonder if MM uses any of this guy's stuff?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/movies/18props….

By: portiaslegacy

portiaslegacy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:45:08 +0000

Re: The Examiner

These bits annoy more than they inform. They are more focus on having a salacious voice than correctly explaining the plot or the show's tone. There was a similar cheat sheet at the end of S2 that also annoyed me.

Loved the expanded RS interview. Especially as it has more stories about plot point being thought of kicked around, dropped or amended.

By: hullaballoo

hullaballoo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Yeah, the Examiner pieces leave something to be desired. The RS interview, though, was great. Chock full-o-quotes.