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This Week in Mad Men, Episode #1
Jul 27 2010, 5:58 PM EDT
ThisWeekIn Network is proud to present the debut of our new series, "This Week in Mad Men," discussing all the goings-on in Season 4 with our panel of "Mad Men" aficionados and experts. See it here:http://thisweekin.com/madmen Our first episode dealt with the Season 4 premiere, as well as our predictions for the rest of the season, our Don Draper-style slogan pitches and, of course, copious amounts of drinking. Topics discussed include: - Who is Don Draper? Don started the series all effortless cool, a guy who had it all - the envy of all men and irresistible to women. He's pretty much the complete opposite now. Awkward, volatile, depressed (and depressing). It's hard to imagine first-season Don wanting a woman to slap him in bed, or awkwardly moving in for a kiss on a first date, or misfiring during an interview so badly that his attempt to be humble and gracious makes him look "like a prick." It's like he's back to being Dick Whitman and has to start the transformation into Don Draper all over again, from scratch. The episode ends with him basically deciding to fake it, to try to be the old Don Draper even if he knows he hasn't got it any more and can't just slip into the character effortlessly like he once did. There was a twinge of desperation to the act, particularly how he felt the need to add in the lie about having a second story. Maybe Betty and his relationship with her, and his family, was more integral to the Draper persona than he realized? - Peggy and the Ham - Betty's marriage to Henry...will it last? - Where's the rest of Team Sterling Cooper? - The Use of "Tobacco Road" Hosts include Lon Harris, Jacob Burch, Jaime Fox and Jason McIntyre. Do you find this valuable? |
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