Comments on: Mad News, August 29-September 2, 2009

By: Mad Men & Blackness: An anti-climax?? « Charcoal Ink – Proud Member of the Mike Mafia

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:10:32 +0000

[...] Girl Blogging is a Mad Men fan. I found out about this through Basket of Kisses, the pre-eminent Mad Men fan site online. Elle at BGB has written some pieces on the new episodes [...]

By: Hazel

Hazel — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:34:13 +0000

I was quite cynical about how long AMC would allow international access to their Mad Men video player and I was right to be because it is now blocked.

Sigh.

By: JS

JS — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:38:17 +0000

Ann-Margaret reacts to her episode shout-out:
http://www.movieline.com/2009/09/ann-margret-vs-p…

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:58:20 +0000

Deborah, thanks for bringing me along.

By: Deborah Lipp

Deborah Lipp — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:16:16 +0000

Alex, Jared Gilmore is the new Bobby; we don't know why. We loved Aaron Hart but we adore Jared and we think you will too once you get to know him.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:21:05 +0000

Bobby is clearly a different actor. I am well aware of a tendency to hide his identity to minimize this change. Still, after those poignant scenes during Season 2, I am bereft! How I miss the original Bobby. Can others fill me in?

By: wildflowermaven

wildflowermaven — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:31:59 +0000

Enjoyed the Sassone piece, and that he had a MM yourself avatar on the page. I too have wondered about the uptick in the "nothing happens" comments, but put it down to the newbies -supposedly over 4 million watched the Season 3 premiere -great news. I just hope Matt and company ignore them completely. And I agree with Sassone, Shales dislike of MM tells me he's a critic I don't need to consult, and why would I when so many good ones that appreciate MM are around?

By: JS

JS — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:53:31 +0000

Vincent interview with Vanity Fair, it's funny for someone so young he's very eccentric…
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2009/09/m…

By: spike

spike — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:23:45 +0000

There's definitely a gulf between those who get Mad Men and those who don't. Given that 99.99% of scripted TV and film are plot-driven, there are a lot of folks who have trouble grasping and don't have the patience for a drama that's character-driven. Mad Men's never gonna get CSI numbers, and that's okay; I'm just grateful the powers that be at AMC have realized the show's value.

Mad Men's a writer's show, and Weiner's deservedly earned a rep as a writer's writer. But out here in L.A. I do see something of a backlash building. Read any Mad Men post by Nikki Finke (she's a fan) on her showbiz industry blog and it's greeted with any number of negative comments. Given that her readers and commenters are largely industry types, I think there are a number of people in the business who feel threatened by the hype and accolades the show gets, for the very reason that it's not like the 99.99% of product that they are responsible for.

By: Emily Shore

Emily Shore — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:53:24 +0000

Oh, and this one from the Atlantic:
http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2…

(Might it make sense to have "feminist and anti-racist Mad Men news"?)