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I really enjoyed your writeups for the wire... years ago at this point. I also waited until the series was long over to watch it, and when I finally did, it was a binge-watch. so needless to say, I only really got a surface-level understanding of some of the more ambitious social commentaries the series was attempting. it wasn't until months after I finished it that I finally internalized the darker implications behind the last sequence in the finale. I'm really excited for this! enjoy it, jerusalem. this series is a wild ride.
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JethroMcB posted:The thing that strikes me first and foremost revisiting these early episodes is just how heavy-handed the "Holy poo poo, the 60's!" stuff is. It doesn't ever really go away - this is very much a show about its time period - but the really hacky bits like everybody coughing after discussing "safer cigarettes" and "Simple enough for a woman to use" and the plastic bag thing do fade away relatively quickly. the one moment that had me picking my jaw up off the floor was after don's picnic with his family, he grabs the blanket and whips ALL the garbage off it onto the ground, and then walks away. it was one of those moments where you were like "yeah, 60's" but there was something just so obscene about it. Ainsley McTree posted:It's also a great litmus test for deciding whether or not you want to be friends with or date somebody; if they genuinely think Don Draper is a cool guy to be emulated, steer clear! They missed the point yup. i distinctly remember someone recommending me a video called "charisma on command" or something that goes into detail about how to be cool and confident like don draper. it was basically a pick-up artist tutorial. i think don is excellently characterized and portrayed, but if the ultimate point was to show how empty and unfulfilling an existence like don's is, unfortunately the showrunners were a bit too subtle. edit:  
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if we're listing all-time great episodes, i think 'the crash' is certainly up there.
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so, just to be clear, jerusalem reads all these and is doing a blind watch as a thread will we also be nominating x season as the best one, and y as the worst? and casually describing a character's entire arc in a single sentence? should we consider spoiler tagging those too?
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Escobarbarian posted:Funnily enough if I was gonna get into my proper season rankings I was gonna spoiler tag it but I don’t think just saying “I personally like this one the most” counts! the ranking of the seasons is a beloved tradition of all tviv threads
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Oct 5, 2020 08:16
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Jerusalem posted:
lol that's either a great freudian slip or I really didn't pay attention in season 1
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Oct 10, 2020 20:39
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nah you were pretty clear jerusalem. that goon just saw a thing related to some esoteric SA trivia they had holstered and was so excited to own somebody with it, they didn't actually read your original statement with peggy i always just figured she didn't have a whole lot of experience contending with male attention before sterling cooper. i always really liked trudy in my original viewing, but i never stopped to consider what it was about pete that had her so enamored - her meeting with the publisher indicates she didn't have that problem though. i'm going to be stewing over this for a while i think. God Hole fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Oct 19, 2020 |
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awesome writeups jerusalem! been a treat re-experiencing this show with you. eagerly looking forward to the rest!
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