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No, I'm not talking about Jesus, but \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>'s Don Draper, the womanizing alcoholic we've been following for the past eight years. Over that stretch of time, I've gone from being obsessed with the show to being fed up with it to attempting to telepathically convince Matthew Weiner that a spin-off starring Peggy and Joan is what modern civilization desperately needs. Through all of this, I never stopped watching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe you have though. If you've lost that loving feeling and want it back, check out these tips on how to feel excited about \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> again:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca class=\"embedly-card\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/29/3-steps-to-getting-pumped-for-the-new-season-of-mad-men/\">3 Steps to Getting Pumped for the New Season of Mad Men\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that works, you'll probably want to throw a theme party in honor of the show. Want some advice on how to do that? 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But with the passage of time, I have grown to accept this decision and even be thankful for it; if the show had ended last year, we wouldn't still be talking about these great characters or wildly speculating about what will happen in the final episodes based on a few promo photos!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So let's start with the photo above. Megan is obviously not letting her breakup with Don rain on her navel-baring parade. She's like, Look, y'all, my belly doesn't have a baby in it so you can \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/05/29/megan_draper_sharon_tate_theory_is_the_mad_men_character_doomed_photo.html\">settle your Sharon Tate bets\u003c/a> now. Maybe she'll finally make it big in LA as Cher's stand-in?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty is staring me down, pissed that I analyzed Megan first so let's get to it. She's still smoking and drinking and mean mugging. She \u003ca href=\"http://i43.tinypic.com/5p21ac.jpg\">already shot up some birds\u003c/a> just for singing so maybe Betty's final season involves murdering those on her shit list (everyone, except for Peggy's secret baby only because she's never met him).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aw, Peggy. I look at her and I see love. I also see someone who traveled back in time and became a flapper. Good for you, Peg. You've gone through so much sexist workplace harassment that you deserve the ability to hop from decade to decade. You also deserve a spinoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joan doesn't seem to have drastically changed. Once a boss, always a boss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_15128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 645px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-15128 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/54e3616c8a2fdf64645ff22a_mad-men-group.jpg\" alt=\"mad men final season 7\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/54e3616c8a2fdf64645ff22a_mad-men-group.jpg 645w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/54e3616c8a2fdf64645ff22a_mad-men-group-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some old people loiter, while Sally Draper makes a fashion statement reminiscent of \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/images/season2_world_style_03_lg.jpg\">Sybil Crawley's harem pants reveal\u003c/a> (same color and everything!). She is basically \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavi_Gevinson\">Tavi Gevinson\u003c/a> or a soon-to-be Anna Wintour. Can't you picture it? If you had to deal with parents like hers, you would also wear sunglasses everywhere, instill fear in all who cross your path, and \u003ca href=\"http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/83114-north-west-throws-tantrum-at-fashion-show-anna-wintour-moves-away/1423835547_north-tantrum-article.jpg\">secretly plot against noisy celebrity babies.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_15127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 630px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-15127 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/af136c80-b249-11e4-8d07-b94b28994377_AMC_MM_Don-Pool_2065_V2.jpg\" alt=\"don draper mad men final season 7\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/af136c80-b249-11e4-8d07-b94b28994377_AMC_MM_Don-Pool_2065_V2.jpg 630w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/af136c80-b249-11e4-8d07-b94b28994377_AMC_MM_Don-Pool_2065_V2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oh, right, this show is actually about Don. 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Once a boss, always a boss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_15128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 645px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-15128 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/54e3616c8a2fdf64645ff22a_mad-men-group.jpg\" alt=\"mad men final season 7\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/54e3616c8a2fdf64645ff22a_mad-men-group.jpg 645w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/54e3616c8a2fdf64645ff22a_mad-men-group-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some old people loiter, while Sally Draper makes a fashion statement reminiscent of \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/images/season2_world_style_03_lg.jpg\">Sybil Crawley's harem pants reveal\u003c/a> (same color and everything!). She is basically \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavi_Gevinson\">Tavi Gevinson\u003c/a> or a soon-to-be Anna Wintour. Can't you picture it? If you had to deal with parents like hers, you would also wear sunglasses everywhere, instill fear in all who cross your path, and \u003ca href=\"http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/83114-north-west-throws-tantrum-at-fashion-show-anna-wintour-moves-away/1423835547_north-tantrum-article.jpg\">secretly plot against noisy celebrity babies.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_15127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 630px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-15127 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/af136c80-b249-11e4-8d07-b94b28994377_AMC_MM_Don-Pool_2065_V2.jpg\" alt=\"don draper mad men final season 7\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/af136c80-b249-11e4-8d07-b94b28994377_AMC_MM_Don-Pool_2065_V2.jpg 630w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/02/af136c80-b249-11e4-8d07-b94b28994377_AMC_MM_Don-Pool_2065_V2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oh, right, this show is actually about Don. He's drinking, per usual, and in California or upstate New York...or purgatory, thinking about all the messed up stuff he's done over the years. If he's still alive, he'll soon be dead via a Jay Gatsby pool situation. Bye!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got some speculations of your own? Leave 'em in the comments!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/15122/mad-men-lets-wildly-speculate-about-the-first-photos-from-the-final-season","authors":["27"],"categories":["pop_3"],"tags":["pop_74"],"featImg":"pop_15124","label":"pop"},"pop_9062":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_9062","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"9062","score":null,"sort":[1381945751000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"8-problems-you-can-solve-through-the-power-of-dance","title":"8 Problems You Can Solve Through the Power of Dance","publishDate":1381945751,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/NT1tZmGvFfY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If the Fraggles were successful in getting just one message across to their audience, it was this: “dance your cares away/worries for another day.” The residents of Fraggle Rock, early adopters of the concept of positive manifestation, fully embraced the healing power of dance. Rather than reaching for the booze bottle as a coping mechanism, the Fraggles (and gaggles of others) reach for their dancing shoes. Even your health professional will tell you, when you’re having a tough time exercise is key. So what better exercise than one that makes you sweat and lets you express yourself? Dancing is magnificent, always working to help you increase your flexibility, your strength, your endurance and your sense of well-being, but also encouraging you to feel rhythm, let go, and just be yourself. Dance is transformative. An excellent way to cure what ails ya, from job frustrations to love woes, dance will save the day. It’s a problem solver, is what it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Bored Silly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too much time on your hands? Not a problem at all, sir. Just put your focus on dance. You don’t have to prove anything other than your desire to break the monotony. Gather a group of your equally bored companions, maybe a few kids, too, and start choreographing your flash mob. If you do it right you will not only blow unsuspecting people’s minds, you’ll have fun as well. Bonus points for dancing to a musical medley and for being able to complete your choreography without intervention from the “authorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ROPesXv2z1U\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Feeling Less Than Adequate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is your looming high school reunion sending you down a psychotic spiral of StairMasters and tanning beds, forcing you to question your self-worth as you measure yourself against your perceived success of your former classmates? Stop the insanity. Those jerks aren’t worth all that strife and you’re too awesome to let them get under your skin. Be brave, be bold, and show them who you really are. There’s no better way to do this than clearing a circle in the middle of the floor and dancing your heart out to your favorite song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/wPTUpn9ait8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Career Facing Obscurity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">If you’re a formerly successful Hollywood celebrity whose career hasn’t necessarily lived up to it’s potential, your fastest way back in the limelight these days is through dance. Slip into a slinky outfit and head for the ballroom on \u003cem>Dancing With the Stars\u003c/em>. This will allow you back into the living rooms (and hearts) of millions of Americans as well as rejuvenate your career. Not to mention you’ll probably slim down while you’re sassing it up. It’s win, win, win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Yvcw6LQhUno\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Your Boss Just Doesn’t Understand\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes jobs can be real soul-suckers. When your boss doesn’t understand the toll his demands are taking on your sanity and he won’t listen to reason, you”ll have to show him what you mean. No one can ignore a mid-office dance performance before their very eyes. Tap dancing about the issue may prove to be more effective than tap dancing around it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Z6nDsLx98SI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Your Family Still Sees You As A Child\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But Mom, I’m an adult!” you shout as you stamp your feet. Still, your point isn’t really getting across. You need to take matters into your own hands. You need to dance about it. Once your loved ones catch a glimpse of your focus, passion and unbridled determination, they’ll be sure to treat you with the respect you deserve. If you play your cards right you’ll also earn the love and adoration of your sexy dance instructor. So get up there and, as my high school dance coach would say, dance it full out!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/l9BbUqHrWFI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Bullies Got Ya Down\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone knows its just not cool to be a bully, but that doesn’t seem to stop them. Even as grown-ups we can’t always escape their low-level tactics. But no matter, we have the power of dance on our side. Next time a tough guy corners you for being on his turf, don’t shy away, step right up and dance in his face! Scare him away with your rhythm, showin’ how funky strong is your fight. Cause it doesn’t matter who's wrong or right as long as you’re dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRdxUFDoQe0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: You Have To Entertain Your Boss’ Wife\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re just meeting an important someone for the first time the pressure to make a decent first impression is palpable. IF you find yourself running out of topics for conversation, you can always break the ice by entering a dance competition. Nothing helps two people get to know each other better than shaking their moneymakers for an audience of diner patrons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3VKK2mskvtg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: You’re Stuck in a Bar Full of Bikers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suddenly find yourself in a room full of people to whom you cannot relate, consider utilizing dance to bridge your gaps. Though drawing attention to yourself may not initially seem smart, it’s likely your best bet. Jump on the bar and wiggle it around. If for some reason that doesn’t work, start to break stuff too, but don’t stop dancing. You’ll get their attention alright, and soon they’ll be laughing and dancing along with you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/BodXwAYeTfM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So get out there and dance, you maniacs!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Dancing isn't just fun, it's also an all-star way to solve all that ails you.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1382053404,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":950},"headData":{"title":"8 Problems You Can Solve Through the Power of Dance | KQED","description":"Dancing isn't just fun, it's also an all-star way to solve all that ails you.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"9062 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=9062","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/16/8-problems-you-can-solve-through-the-power-of-dance/","disqusTitle":"8 Problems You Can Solve Through the Power of Dance","path":"/pop/9062/8-problems-you-can-solve-through-the-power-of-dance","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/NT1tZmGvFfY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>If the Fraggles were successful in getting just one message across to their audience, it was this: “dance your cares away/worries for another day.” The residents of Fraggle Rock, early adopters of the concept of positive manifestation, fully embraced the healing power of dance. Rather than reaching for the booze bottle as a coping mechanism, the Fraggles (and gaggles of others) reach for their dancing shoes. Even your health professional will tell you, when you’re having a tough time exercise is key. So what better exercise than one that makes you sweat and lets you express yourself? Dancing is magnificent, always working to help you increase your flexibility, your strength, your endurance and your sense of well-being, but also encouraging you to feel rhythm, let go, and just be yourself. Dance is transformative. An excellent way to cure what ails ya, from job frustrations to love woes, dance will save the day. It’s a problem solver, is what it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Bored Silly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too much time on your hands? Not a problem at all, sir. Just put your focus on dance. You don’t have to prove anything other than your desire to break the monotony. Gather a group of your equally bored companions, maybe a few kids, too, and start choreographing your flash mob. If you do it right you will not only blow unsuspecting people’s minds, you’ll have fun as well. Bonus points for dancing to a musical medley and for being able to complete your choreography without intervention from the “authorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/ROPesXv2z1U\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Feeling Less Than Adequate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is your looming high school reunion sending you down a psychotic spiral of StairMasters and tanning beds, forcing you to question your self-worth as you measure yourself against your perceived success of your former classmates? Stop the insanity. Those jerks aren’t worth all that strife and you’re too awesome to let them get under your skin. Be brave, be bold, and show them who you really are. There’s no better way to do this than clearing a circle in the middle of the floor and dancing your heart out to your favorite song.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/wPTUpn9ait8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Career Facing Obscurity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">If you’re a formerly successful Hollywood celebrity whose career hasn’t necessarily lived up to it’s potential, your fastest way back in the limelight these days is through dance. Slip into a slinky outfit and head for the ballroom on \u003cem>Dancing With the Stars\u003c/em>. This will allow you back into the living rooms (and hearts) of millions of Americans as well as rejuvenate your career. Not to mention you’ll probably slim down while you’re sassing it up. It’s win, win, win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Yvcw6LQhUno\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Your Boss Just Doesn’t Understand\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes jobs can be real soul-suckers. When your boss doesn’t understand the toll his demands are taking on your sanity and he won’t listen to reason, you”ll have to show him what you mean. No one can ignore a mid-office dance performance before their very eyes. Tap dancing about the issue may prove to be more effective than tap dancing around it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/Z6nDsLx98SI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Your Family Still Sees You As A Child\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But Mom, I’m an adult!” you shout as you stamp your feet. Still, your point isn’t really getting across. You need to take matters into your own hands. You need to dance about it. Once your loved ones catch a glimpse of your focus, passion and unbridled determination, they’ll be sure to treat you with the respect you deserve. If you play your cards right you’ll also earn the love and adoration of your sexy dance instructor. So get up there and, as my high school dance coach would say, dance it full out!\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/l9BbUqHrWFI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: Bullies Got Ya Down\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone knows its just not cool to be a bully, but that doesn’t seem to stop them. Even as grown-ups we can’t always escape their low-level tactics. But no matter, we have the power of dance on our side. Next time a tough guy corners you for being on his turf, don’t shy away, step right up and dance in his face! Scare him away with your rhythm, showin’ how funky strong is your fight. Cause it doesn’t matter who's wrong or right as long as you’re dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/oRdxUFDoQe0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: You Have To Entertain Your Boss’ Wife\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re just meeting an important someone for the first time the pressure to make a decent first impression is palpable. IF you find yourself running out of topics for conversation, you can always break the ice by entering a dance competition. Nothing helps two people get to know each other better than shaking their moneymakers for an audience of diner patrons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3VKK2mskvtg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problem: You’re Stuck in a Bar Full of Bikers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suddenly find yourself in a room full of people to whom you cannot relate, consider utilizing dance to bridge your gaps. Though drawing attention to yourself may not initially seem smart, it’s likely your best bet. Jump on the bar and wiggle it around. If for some reason that doesn’t work, start to break stuff too, but don’t stop dancing. You’ll get their attention alright, and soon they’ll be laughing and dancing along with you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/BodXwAYeTfM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So get out there and dance, you maniacs!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/9062/8-problems-you-can-solve-through-the-power-of-dance","authors":["2438"],"categories":["pop_6"],"tags":["pop_809","pop_581","pop_1300","pop_563","pop_74","pop_1301","pop_1302","pop_219","pop_1303"],"featImg":"pop_9099","label":"pop"},"pop_6168":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_6168","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"6168","score":null,"sort":[1372092159000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends","title":"Mad Men in 1969: What's Next for Don Draper and \"Friends\"?","publishDate":1372092159,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SPOILER ALERT!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Six of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> ended like 1968 (the year this season is set) did: on a chorus of grim notes after a series of upheavals and tragedies that would go on to shape the culture of the next decade. We watched the MLK and RFK assassinations episodes apart and the tensions that followed: Nixon's election and the ongoing disagreement over the war in Vietnam. Meanwhile, back at Sterling Cooper Draper um, CGC (what did they end up calling the agency again? Oh, back to Sterling Cooper?), the characters went through as many shifts as the country. Don's already problematic drinking reached its crescendo, Peggy and Ted consummated the affair that's been building all season, Sally Draper followed in her father's shaky footsteps, Pete Campbell's life falls further apart and then there's the ongoing mystery (and dilemma) of Bob Benson. As the events of 1968 would foreshadow turmoil to come in years ahead, the Season Six finale indicated even bigger changes to come in Season Seven. Here are some predictions for 2014, I mean 1969.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don Draper: Moving Forward by Looking Backward\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6169\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-don/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6169\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6169 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Don.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Don.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Don-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All season we've seen Don mentally revisit the brothel he was raised in and last night's episode ended with Don physically revisiting it. Looking up at the crumbling Victorian we see it's a house in as great a state of disrepair as Draper. \"This is where I grew up.\" he says to his children, inspiring a sympathetic glance from Sally who famously stated to her father: \"I realized I don't know anything about you\" after the \"Grandma Ida\" burglary a few episodes ago. For Don Draper, the final season of \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>will likely involve reconciling his two identities: Don Draper is going to have to finally reveal Dick Whitman now that he's in the free-fall of mandatory leave from the agency. He already took the first steps of merging his two selves with his confession during the Hershey pitch (by the way, that \"rummaging through the pockets of Johns in a brothel for candy money\" is a Hershey ad we'd LOVE to see) but it cost him his immediate future at the agency. Of course, that's only if he can conquer his drinking which spun out of control in the finale to the tune of a night in jail after punching out an AA spouting preacher. Season Seven can either be Draper's comeback or his slow fade now that he's hit bottom.\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Being Neighborly and the War in Vietnam\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-arnold-and-sylvia/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6177\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6177\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Arnold-and-Sylvia.jpg\" alt=\"MM Photo Credit Jessica Brooks AMC Arnold and Sylvia\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Arnold-and-Sylvia.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Arnold-and-Sylvia-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After getting caught in bed together by Sally, we can only assume Draper's affair with neighbor Sylvia Rosen (played by Linda Cardellini) is over, but this being \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> and Don being Don we can never be too sure. What is likely is that the issue of Sylvia's son Mitchell (the one Don was able to get into the Air Force via Ted) will again be raised as the war in Vietnam continues. Vietnam colored Season Six more strongly than seasons past: as we head into 1969 we can guess the darkest days of the conflict will continue to be felt on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sally Draper Comes of Age\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6170\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6170\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6170 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sally Draper, perhaps the best juvenile role on television EVER (paging Emmy Awards, do you read me Emmy Awards?) has entered her teenage years with a bang. In the finale she was suspended from the prestigious Miss Porter's School in Farmington after getting caught drinking: a nod to Sally's status in the Draper family as daddy's little girl, even though she and Don weren't on speaking terms after she walked in on him in bed with Sylvia. The generational divide will only deepen (as it did for so many families of the era) and although we saw something of a truce between Sally and Betty recently, we're betting it won't last. Something tells us childhood friend Glenn Bishop may be Sally's gateway into the youth counterculture of 1969: after getting caught drinking, sex, drugs and even greater resistance to her parents' authority are probably around the corner. At least we hope so; Sally's storylines have only gotten better as the character has matured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pete Campbell's Freedom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-pete/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6175\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6175 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Pete.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Pete.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Pete-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Admittedly, the Campbell boys will never win sons of the year awards after debatingr the costs of a search and rescue operation when their mother was lost at sea but this is only the latest blow this season for Pete. His marriage is over, his constant professional fears have come to fruition after Bob Benson tricks him into bungling the Chevy account and at the end of the episode it's revealed he's moving to L.A. (possible proof he's no longer at the agency). But, as soon-to-be-ex-wife Trudie points out to him: at last, he's free. Without his mother, his marriage or his career, Campbell has nothing left to lose which is a startling thought for a man so eager to hold onto whatever he could in seasons past. With the move to California in Season Seven, we want to see how legacy admissions poster-boy Pete remakes himself now that he's free and out from under the shadows (and security) of family and old money that have hung over him since the series began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Talented Mr. Benson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6183\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 638px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-bob/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6183\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-6183\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Bob.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"638\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Bob.jpg 638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Bob-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than any other character in \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>history, Bob Benson has inspired questions, rumors and constant speculation about his motives and identity since arriving on the show at the beginning of the season. After the revelation that his friend Manolo married Pete Campbell's mother (after Bob recommended Pete hire Manolo as her nurse) and possibly tossed her off their cruise ship for her inheritance, Benson seemed as unshaken as always. NOT SO the viewers. After his sexual pass at Pete was rebuffed and their work relationship quickly deteriorated, Benson tricked the vehicular challenged Pete into crashing a Camaro at Chevy's headquarters which ostensibly left the account wide open for the taking. Between his sexuality, duplicitous actions with Pete and his constant attempts to ingratiate himself with the partners at the agency, Benson brings to mind a late '60s \u003cem>Talented Mr. Ripley. \u003c/em>Or, as many fans have pointed out, a nouveau Don Draper (alliterative assumed names, shady pasts, lack of family ties, ambition). Benson has been a wild card all season (many fans guessed he might be gay but no one one guessed he might be gay for \u003cem>Pete\u003c/em>) and will probably continue to be in Season Seven if he returns to the show. Then there's his friendship with Joan: Roger clearly doesn't like it but Joan has more than indicated that she's aware Benson is not the dating kind. Is this another strategic move on Benson's part or are he and Joan just spiritual fore-bearers to GBF couple \u003cem>Will and Grace\u003c/em>? You laugh, but Joan IS a redhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Megan on the Verge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6172\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-megan/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6172\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6172 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Megan.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Megan.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Megan-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, Megan Draper (or, as she's professionally still known, Megan Calvet) has had enough of being Mrs. Don Draper. After crying with excitement and hope at the prospect of a fresh start in California (something so many of the characters yearned for in this season's finale) she walked out the door, possibly for good, when Don announced they would not be making the trip but that he was resigned to live a \"bicoastal\" life with her. We've seen Megan go from secretary to copywriter to babysitter to wife to soap opera actress: there's no doubt Megan has another transition coming her way once she makes the move to Hollywood. Of course, success is not a foregone conclusion: whether Megan becomes a star or is eaten alive by the Hollywood scene, we want to be there for the journey. Just remember: 1969 was the year of the Sharon Tate murder in Hollywood. Be careful, Megan!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peggy and Ted: A clean break?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6171\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-ted-peggy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6171\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6171 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-ted-peggy.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-ted-peggy.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-ted-peggy-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All season long an affair has been building between Peggy and Ted and in the finale it was realized. But, as quickly as the one-time mentor and protege fell into each other's arms, Ted was begging Don for the chance to take his place running the Sunkist office in California so he could have a clean start with his wife and children away from the temptation of Peggy. Whether this is truly the end of the affair remains to be seen but what we can guess is that Peggy is only going to continue to grow from the shy, mousy secretary of Season One into the sexually confident, independent career woman that closed Season Six. Few characters have had the journey Peggy has had since the show's premiere: more than any other woman on the show she has benefited from changing sexual politics and the cultural rise of women in the workforce. The real question in Season Seven is whether Peggy stays at the agency if not offered a greater role during Don's absence. Since Joan has already made junior partner it's not a stretch to suggest that may be a goal Peggy has set for herself and that she would be ready to walk if it's not made available. As the seasons go by Peggy, has become less and less sentimental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Betty Francis Gets Her Grove Back\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-betty/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6176\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6176 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Betty.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Betty.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Betty-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After going from blond to brunette and back to blond, regaining her figure (bye-bye, bugles) and backsliding into bed with Don (and then sliding back to her none-the-wiser husband, Henry), Betty Francis got her grove back. The Henry marriage seems to work better than the Draper marriage (either Draper marriage) ever did and with Henry's political ambitions possibly coming to the character's forefront it's possible Betty will get the stage of a campaign to act upon in Season Seven. Political wife might just be the role Betty was born to play: it's not that different from her previous career in modelling. Smile, wave, sell the product, look flawless and keep your mouth shut. Okay, it's possible Betty might have to make an effort at that last one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>L.A.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the finale the prospect of relocation to L.A. was held out by various characters (first Stan, then Don, Ted and eventually Pete) as the key to salvation. Historically, New York is headed into an era of crime and urban decay in the '70s as flight to the suburbs continues, so it doesn't seem that far off that major characters are contemplating the move off Madison. Like the Mamas and the Papas once sang: \"California dreaming on such a winter's day.\" How large a role will a change in scenery play in the show's final season is the question on many minds after last night's episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1969: What the Future Holds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the show is so tied to the real life events happening in the 1960's here's a look ahead at some of 1969's more noteworthy events. Perhaps we'll be seeing them on the small screen in 2014 when \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>returns:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-First year of Richard Nixon's presidency\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-The Stonewall Riot and the rise of the LGBT community\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Continued conflict in Vietnam and Southeast Asia including the My Lai Massacre\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Senator Ted Kennedy's notorious \"Chappaquiddick\" incident resulting in the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-The Charles Manson Killings\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Deaths at the Altamont Free Concert given by the Rolling Stones are documented in the film \u003cem>Gimme Shelter\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only 10 more months until Season Seven! What do you think the future holds for the men and women and children of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"1968 was a tumultuous year for characters on Mad Men. Will 1969 be any better? Here are our predictions.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1372092335,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":2022},"headData":{"title":"Mad Men in 1969: What's Next for Don Draper and \"Friends\"? | KQED","description":"1968 was a tumultuous year for characters on Mad Men. Will 1969 be any better? Here are our predictions.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"6168 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=6168","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/","disqusTitle":"Mad Men in 1969: What's Next for Don Draper and \"Friends\"?","path":"/pop/6168/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SPOILER ALERT!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Six of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> ended like 1968 (the year this season is set) did: on a chorus of grim notes after a series of upheavals and tragedies that would go on to shape the culture of the next decade. We watched the MLK and RFK assassinations episodes apart and the tensions that followed: Nixon's election and the ongoing disagreement over the war in Vietnam. Meanwhile, back at Sterling Cooper Draper um, CGC (what did they end up calling the agency again? Oh, back to Sterling Cooper?), the characters went through as many shifts as the country. Don's already problematic drinking reached its crescendo, Peggy and Ted consummated the affair that's been building all season, Sally Draper followed in her father's shaky footsteps, Pete Campbell's life falls further apart and then there's the ongoing mystery (and dilemma) of Bob Benson. As the events of 1968 would foreshadow turmoil to come in years ahead, the Season Six finale indicated even bigger changes to come in Season Seven. Here are some predictions for 2014, I mean 1969.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don Draper: Moving Forward by Looking Backward\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6169\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-don/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6169\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6169 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Don.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Don.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Don-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All season we've seen Don mentally revisit the brothel he was raised in and last night's episode ended with Don physically revisiting it. Looking up at the crumbling Victorian we see it's a house in as great a state of disrepair as Draper. \"This is where I grew up.\" he says to his children, inspiring a sympathetic glance from Sally who famously stated to her father: \"I realized I don't know anything about you\" after the \"Grandma Ida\" burglary a few episodes ago. For Don Draper, the final season of \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>will likely involve reconciling his two identities: Don Draper is going to have to finally reveal Dick Whitman now that he's in the free-fall of mandatory leave from the agency. He already took the first steps of merging his two selves with his confession during the Hershey pitch (by the way, that \"rummaging through the pockets of Johns in a brothel for candy money\" is a Hershey ad we'd LOVE to see) but it cost him his immediate future at the agency. Of course, that's only if he can conquer his drinking which spun out of control in the finale to the tune of a night in jail after punching out an AA spouting preacher. Season Seven can either be Draper's comeback or his slow fade now that he's hit bottom.\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Being Neighborly and the War in Vietnam\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-arnold-and-sylvia/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6177\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6177\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Arnold-and-Sylvia.jpg\" alt=\"MM Photo Credit Jessica Brooks AMC Arnold and Sylvia\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Arnold-and-Sylvia.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Arnold-and-Sylvia-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After getting caught in bed together by Sally, we can only assume Draper's affair with neighbor Sylvia Rosen (played by Linda Cardellini) is over, but this being \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> and Don being Don we can never be too sure. What is likely is that the issue of Sylvia's son Mitchell (the one Don was able to get into the Air Force via Ted) will again be raised as the war in Vietnam continues. Vietnam colored Season Six more strongly than seasons past: as we head into 1969 we can guess the darkest days of the conflict will continue to be felt on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sally Draper Comes of Age\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6170\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6170\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6170 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sally Draper, perhaps the best juvenile role on television EVER (paging Emmy Awards, do you read me Emmy Awards?) has entered her teenage years with a bang. In the finale she was suspended from the prestigious Miss Porter's School in Farmington after getting caught drinking: a nod to Sally's status in the Draper family as daddy's little girl, even though she and Don weren't on speaking terms after she walked in on him in bed with Sylvia. The generational divide will only deepen (as it did for so many families of the era) and although we saw something of a truce between Sally and Betty recently, we're betting it won't last. Something tells us childhood friend Glenn Bishop may be Sally's gateway into the youth counterculture of 1969: after getting caught drinking, sex, drugs and even greater resistance to her parents' authority are probably around the corner. At least we hope so; Sally's storylines have only gotten better as the character has matured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pete Campbell's Freedom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-pete/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6175\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6175 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Pete.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Pete.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Pete-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Admittedly, the Campbell boys will never win sons of the year awards after debatingr the costs of a search and rescue operation when their mother was lost at sea but this is only the latest blow this season for Pete. His marriage is over, his constant professional fears have come to fruition after Bob Benson tricks him into bungling the Chevy account and at the end of the episode it's revealed he's moving to L.A. (possible proof he's no longer at the agency). But, as soon-to-be-ex-wife Trudie points out to him: at last, he's free. Without his mother, his marriage or his career, Campbell has nothing left to lose which is a startling thought for a man so eager to hold onto whatever he could in seasons past. With the move to California in Season Seven, we want to see how legacy admissions poster-boy Pete remakes himself now that he's free and out from under the shadows (and security) of family and old money that have hung over him since the series began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Talented Mr. Benson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6183\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 638px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-bob/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6183\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-6183\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Bob.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"638\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Bob.jpg 638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Bob-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than any other character in \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>history, Bob Benson has inspired questions, rumors and constant speculation about his motives and identity since arriving on the show at the beginning of the season. After the revelation that his friend Manolo married Pete Campbell's mother (after Bob recommended Pete hire Manolo as her nurse) and possibly tossed her off their cruise ship for her inheritance, Benson seemed as unshaken as always. NOT SO the viewers. After his sexual pass at Pete was rebuffed and their work relationship quickly deteriorated, Benson tricked the vehicular challenged Pete into crashing a Camaro at Chevy's headquarters which ostensibly left the account wide open for the taking. Between his sexuality, duplicitous actions with Pete and his constant attempts to ingratiate himself with the partners at the agency, Benson brings to mind a late '60s \u003cem>Talented Mr. Ripley. \u003c/em>Or, as many fans have pointed out, a nouveau Don Draper (alliterative assumed names, shady pasts, lack of family ties, ambition). Benson has been a wild card all season (many fans guessed he might be gay but no one one guessed he might be gay for \u003cem>Pete\u003c/em>) and will probably continue to be in Season Seven if he returns to the show. Then there's his friendship with Joan: Roger clearly doesn't like it but Joan has more than indicated that she's aware Benson is not the dating kind. Is this another strategic move on Benson's part or are he and Joan just spiritual fore-bearers to GBF couple \u003cem>Will and Grace\u003c/em>? You laugh, but Joan IS a redhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Megan on the Verge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6172\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-megan/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6172\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6172 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Megan.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Megan.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Megan-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, Megan Draper (or, as she's professionally still known, Megan Calvet) has had enough of being Mrs. Don Draper. After crying with excitement and hope at the prospect of a fresh start in California (something so many of the characters yearned for in this season's finale) she walked out the door, possibly for good, when Don announced they would not be making the trip but that he was resigned to live a \"bicoastal\" life with her. We've seen Megan go from secretary to copywriter to babysitter to wife to soap opera actress: there's no doubt Megan has another transition coming her way once she makes the move to Hollywood. Of course, success is not a foregone conclusion: whether Megan becomes a star or is eaten alive by the Hollywood scene, we want to be there for the journey. Just remember: 1969 was the year of the Sharon Tate murder in Hollywood. Be careful, Megan!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peggy and Ted: A clean break?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6171\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-ted-peggy/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6171\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6171 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-ted-peggy.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-ted-peggy.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-ted-peggy-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All season long an affair has been building between Peggy and Ted and in the finale it was realized. But, as quickly as the one-time mentor and protege fell into each other's arms, Ted was begging Don for the chance to take his place running the Sunkist office in California so he could have a clean start with his wife and children away from the temptation of Peggy. Whether this is truly the end of the affair remains to be seen but what we can guess is that Peggy is only going to continue to grow from the shy, mousy secretary of Season One into the sexually confident, independent career woman that closed Season Six. Few characters have had the journey Peggy has had since the show's premiere: more than any other woman on the show she has benefited from changing sexual politics and the cultural rise of women in the workforce. The real question in Season Seven is whether Peggy stays at the agency if not offered a greater role during Don's absence. Since Joan has already made junior partner it's not a stretch to suggest that may be a goal Peggy has set for herself and that she would be ready to walk if it's not made available. As the seasons go by Peggy, has become less and less sentimental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Betty Francis Gets Her Grove Back\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 608px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/24/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends/mm-photo-credit-jessica-brooks-amc-betty/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6176\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6176 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Betty.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\" width=\"608\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Betty.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/MM-Photo-Credit-Jessica-Brooks-AMC-Betty-400x281.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Jessica Brooks/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After going from blond to brunette and back to blond, regaining her figure (bye-bye, bugles) and backsliding into bed with Don (and then sliding back to her none-the-wiser husband, Henry), Betty Francis got her grove back. The Henry marriage seems to work better than the Draper marriage (either Draper marriage) ever did and with Henry's political ambitions possibly coming to the character's forefront it's possible Betty will get the stage of a campaign to act upon in Season Seven. Political wife might just be the role Betty was born to play: it's not that different from her previous career in modelling. Smile, wave, sell the product, look flawless and keep your mouth shut. Okay, it's possible Betty might have to make an effort at that last one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>L.A.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the finale the prospect of relocation to L.A. was held out by various characters (first Stan, then Don, Ted and eventually Pete) as the key to salvation. Historically, New York is headed into an era of crime and urban decay in the '70s as flight to the suburbs continues, so it doesn't seem that far off that major characters are contemplating the move off Madison. Like the Mamas and the Papas once sang: \"California dreaming on such a winter's day.\" How large a role will a change in scenery play in the show's final season is the question on many minds after last night's episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1969: What the Future Holds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the show is so tied to the real life events happening in the 1960's here's a look ahead at some of 1969's more noteworthy events. Perhaps we'll be seeing them on the small screen in 2014 when \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>returns:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-First year of Richard Nixon's presidency\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-The Stonewall Riot and the rise of the LGBT community\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Continued conflict in Vietnam and Southeast Asia including the My Lai Massacre\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Senator Ted Kennedy's notorious \"Chappaquiddick\" incident resulting in the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-The Charles Manson Killings\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Deaths at the Altamont Free Concert given by the Rolling Stones are documented in the film \u003cem>Gimme Shelter\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only 10 more months until Season Seven! What do you think the future holds for the men and women and children of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/6168/the-mad-men-in-the-1969-whats-next-for-don-draper-and-friends","authors":["2436"],"categories":["pop_3"],"tags":["pop_566","pop_962","pop_74","pop_771"],"featImg":"pop_6206","label":"pop"},"pop_6044":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_6044","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"6044","score":null,"sort":[1371751221000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mad-men-is-it-time-to-give-up-on-don-drapers-soul","title":"Mad Men: Is It Time to Give Up on Don Draper's Soul?","publishDate":1371751221,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_6068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/20/mad-men-is-it-time-to-give-up-on-don-drapers-soul/ustv-mad-men-season-6-portraits-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6068\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-6068\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/ustv-mad-men-season-6-portraits-1.jpg\" alt=\"ustv-mad-men-season-6-portraits-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/ustv-mad-men-season-6-portraits-1.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/06/ustv-mad-men-season-6-portraits-1-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Extended Draper Family and Don's Clearest Victims/Mad Men, AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, I wrote an \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/29/3-steps-to-getting-pumped-for-the-new-season-of-mad-men/\">article here\u003c/a> about how to get pumped for the new season of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>. In Season Five, the show had gotten so overtly damning to its characters and I had trouble caring what happened next. This season, the damnation only continued, as blatantly suggested by Don reading the \u003cem>Inferno\u003c/em> in the first scene, and by his insistence, like some villainous Dracula, that his mistress, Sylvia, turn her cross necklace away from him whilst they canoodled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve enjoyed a lot of this season, but it’s also been exhausting. I realized tonight, to my horror, that with only one episode left in the season, I’m actually tired of thinking and talking about \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>, for the first time ever. Maybe if I had been watching the similarly draggy third season as it aired, rather than binge-watching it, Season Six might not set the precedent for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Six has been consistently comparable to Season Three, in fact--much of it has been aimless, and many scenes have been boring in the way that, on another show, you would say, \"Oh, they're setting something up here.\" Except \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> viewers know at this point that a lot of the show doesn't add up to anything except cool subtext and anti-climax, (as is often the case in real life). Season Three chose to break up the monotony with a lawnmower accident and \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXRSxCUiLAM\">musical\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QN4NyD6l8A\">numbers\u003c/a>, and President Kennedy was killed. This year the characters faced the deaths of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy (the former was what \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2013/05/20/130520crte_television_nussbaum\">Emily Nussbaum at The New Yorker\u003c/a> called \"a tone poem of white-person awkwardness,\" and the latter was used, to shocking effect, as merely a footnote to Don getting dumped), and in their own lives there has been a car crash, a dart-stabbing, a death by cancer, an off-screen mugging, a bayonetting, and a Dick-Cheney-style shot to the face while hunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It sounds pretty good when I put it that way. And it has been, kind of. I think the problem I have is not only that the show gone back to the same \"Don cheats on his wife, he has everything but he takes it for granted, what can possibly save him?\" arc it broke away from years ago to such compelling effect, but that it did so to teach us a \u003cem>lesson\u003c/em>. That lesson is: times change, but people don't necessarily change or learn from their mistakes, \u003cem>man\u003c/em>. The Hell imagery of the season premiere, in addition to the cross thing and the final moment of most recent episode, “The Quality of Mercy,” where Peggy calls Don a monster, have turned that subtle theme into the overt lesson it's become.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this, of course, does not mean I \u003cem>will\u003c/em> stop thinking or talking about the show. “The Quality of Mercy,” for instance, had a lot of great moments to offer: Pete Campbell admitting that Bob Benson, the conniving mystery man who came on to him in the previous episode, is handsome. A reference to \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_Meader\">Vaughn Meader\u003c/a>, who is a very obscure and fascinating historical footnote. Everything relating to accounts man and actually-decent-person Ken Cosgrove, who this past season has assumed a role of slapstick martyrdom in the name of entertaining hedonistic Chevy representatives. And I love it any time the characters enthusiastically act out a hacky ad they plan on pitching, as they did in \"Mercy\" for a \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby\u003c/em>-themed baby aspirin ad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is an episode of \u003cem>Seinfeld\u003c/em> in which George asks Jerry to appear unfunny, so his date will think George is the funniest guy in the room. Jerry takes it too far, and, when asked about birthdays, he makes a proto-Draperesque speech which I think also sums up the tone and message of the past season of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we've grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be; that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we are to the bitter end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its best, \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> is like \u003cem>Seinfeld\u003c/em> in that it is hilarious in a similarly hopeless, looking-down-on-its-characters (all spoiled, amoral Manhattanites) way. Episode eight of this season, “The Crash,” fit this description—Ken Cosgrove dances on a broken foot, Don spends the whole time in an upper-induced frenzy trying to “pitch” a way to woo back Sylvia, and Stan gets a dart to the arm in a crazed game of William Tell. The show now only seems capable of being fun at the expense of its characters—the kind of \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltl0EQ9O7Gg\">triumphant moments\u003c/a> they might have been capable of earlier in the series are gone almost entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6nDsLx98SI]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In one of Don’s few cool moments this season, he tells off a Jaguar representative, but the moment is fleeting—Don hadn’t considered that losing Jaguar means Joan prostituted herself to that same creep last season for nothing. Joan makes a speech about how we all love to watch Don go around making decisions without thinking of the consequences, whether or not he cares how it effects everyone else. She represents the viewer in that moment: our love of seeing him act recklessly enables that recklessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the show is pointing its finger at me, I plead guilty. In the most recent episode, when Don embarrassed Ted Chaugh at a meeting with a client, ostensibly in the name of saving money but possibly also out of jealousy towards him and his relationship with Peggy, I realized I’m totally comfortable with Don just being a villain all the time. The show itself seems to be mourning the loss of Don’s soul unduly, and it would make much better enablers of us if it allowed that subtext to stay in the background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The season finale of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men\" target=\"_blank\">Mad Men\u003c/a> \u003c/em>airs Sunday, June 23 on AMC.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Over the last six seasons, Don Draper has turned into a nearly irredeemable person. Is it time for us to stop caring?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1371753668,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":13,"wordCount":1077},"headData":{"title":"Mad Men: Is It Time to Give Up on Don Draper's Soul? | KQED","description":"Over the last six seasons, Don Draper has turned into a nearly irredeemable person. 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In Season Five, the show had gotten so overtly damning to its characters and I had trouble caring what happened next. This season, the damnation only continued, as blatantly suggested by Don reading the \u003cem>Inferno\u003c/em> in the first scene, and by his insistence, like some villainous Dracula, that his mistress, Sylvia, turn her cross necklace away from him whilst they canoodled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve enjoyed a lot of this season, but it’s also been exhausting. I realized tonight, to my horror, that with only one episode left in the season, I’m actually tired of thinking and talking about \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>, for the first time ever. Maybe if I had been watching the similarly draggy third season as it aired, rather than binge-watching it, Season Six might not set the precedent for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Six has been consistently comparable to Season Three, in fact--much of it has been aimless, and many scenes have been boring in the way that, on another show, you would say, \"Oh, they're setting something up here.\" Except \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> viewers know at this point that a lot of the show doesn't add up to anything except cool subtext and anti-climax, (as is often the case in real life). Season Three chose to break up the monotony with a lawnmower accident and \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXRSxCUiLAM\">musical\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QN4NyD6l8A\">numbers\u003c/a>, and President Kennedy was killed. This year the characters faced the deaths of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy (the former was what \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2013/05/20/130520crte_television_nussbaum\">Emily Nussbaum at The New Yorker\u003c/a> called \"a tone poem of white-person awkwardness,\" and the latter was used, to shocking effect, as merely a footnote to Don getting dumped), and in their own lives there has been a car crash, a dart-stabbing, a death by cancer, an off-screen mugging, a bayonetting, and a Dick-Cheney-style shot to the face while hunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It sounds pretty good when I put it that way. And it has been, kind of. I think the problem I have is not only that the show gone back to the same \"Don cheats on his wife, he has everything but he takes it for granted, what can possibly save him?\" arc it broke away from years ago to such compelling effect, but that it did so to teach us a \u003cem>lesson\u003c/em>. That lesson is: times change, but people don't necessarily change or learn from their mistakes, \u003cem>man\u003c/em>. The Hell imagery of the season premiere, in addition to the cross thing and the final moment of most recent episode, “The Quality of Mercy,” where Peggy calls Don a monster, have turned that subtle theme into the overt lesson it's become.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this, of course, does not mean I \u003cem>will\u003c/em> stop thinking or talking about the show. “The Quality of Mercy,” for instance, had a lot of great moments to offer: Pete Campbell admitting that Bob Benson, the conniving mystery man who came on to him in the previous episode, is handsome. A reference to \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_Meader\">Vaughn Meader\u003c/a>, who is a very obscure and fascinating historical footnote. Everything relating to accounts man and actually-decent-person Ken Cosgrove, who this past season has assumed a role of slapstick martyrdom in the name of entertaining hedonistic Chevy representatives. And I love it any time the characters enthusiastically act out a hacky ad they plan on pitching, as they did in \"Mercy\" for a \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby\u003c/em>-themed baby aspirin ad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is an episode of \u003cem>Seinfeld\u003c/em> in which George asks Jerry to appear unfunny, so his date will think George is the funniest guy in the room. Jerry takes it too far, and, when asked about birthdays, he makes a proto-Draperesque speech which I think also sums up the tone and message of the past season of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we've grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be; that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we are to the bitter end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its best, \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> is like \u003cem>Seinfeld\u003c/em> in that it is hilarious in a similarly hopeless, looking-down-on-its-characters (all spoiled, amoral Manhattanites) way. Episode eight of this season, “The Crash,” fit this description—Ken Cosgrove dances on a broken foot, Don spends the whole time in an upper-induced frenzy trying to “pitch” a way to woo back Sylvia, and Stan gets a dart to the arm in a crazed game of William Tell. The show now only seems capable of being fun at the expense of its characters—the kind of \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltl0EQ9O7Gg\">triumphant moments\u003c/a> they might have been capable of earlier in the series are gone almost entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Z6nDsLx98SI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Z6nDsLx98SI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In one of Don’s few cool moments this season, he tells off a Jaguar representative, but the moment is fleeting—Don hadn’t considered that losing Jaguar means Joan prostituted herself to that same creep last season for nothing. Joan makes a speech about how we all love to watch Don go around making decisions without thinking of the consequences, whether or not he cares how it effects everyone else. She represents the viewer in that moment: our love of seeing him act recklessly enables that recklessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the show is pointing its finger at me, I plead guilty. In the most recent episode, when Don embarrassed Ted Chaugh at a meeting with a client, ostensibly in the name of saving money but possibly also out of jealousy towards him and his relationship with Peggy, I realized I’m totally comfortable with Don just being a villain all the time. The show itself seems to be mourning the loss of Don’s soul unduly, and it would make much better enablers of us if it allowed that subtext to stay in the background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The season finale of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men\" target=\"_blank\">Mad Men\u003c/a> \u003c/em>airs Sunday, June 23 on AMC.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/6044/mad-men-is-it-time-to-give-up-on-don-drapers-soul","authors":["2422"],"categories":["pop_3"],"tags":["pop_74","pop_771","pop_530"],"featImg":"pop_6068","label":"pop"},"pop_4550":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_4550","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"4550","score":null,"sort":[1368137415000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes","title":"Celebrate Mother's Day With These Six Mom-Centric TV Episodes","publishDate":1368137415,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/lucille-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4707\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg\" alt=\"lucille\" width=\"643\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg 643w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1-400x223.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you and your mom don't get to see each other this Sunday, don't worry. Unless it's because she's just suddenly gone missing, in which case, uh-oh, dude, you better go find your mom. I've compiled a list of great TV episodes that revolve around issues of motherhood. I don't advise watching all of them with your mother, but I do recommend them all. And they're all available streaming on Netflix!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003cem>King of the Hill\u003c/em> — Peggy's Turtle Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peggy, the ridiculously arrogant matriarch of the Hill family, has a sympathetic storyline in \"Peggy's Turtle Song.\" When her son Bobby eats too much of a cereal called \"Grandma's Oatmeal Cookie Crunch\" and disrupts class, he's diagnosed with A.D.D. Peggy quits her job as a substitute teacher, but soon becomes bored staying home with a now incredibly well-focused son and takes up guitar lessons. She writes a song about a turtle who wants to escape her shell despite her attachment to it. Hank, her husband, is uncharacteristically tyrannical in this episode, and the prospect of Peggy learning the guitar (from a woman with green hair, no less) and performing her song on Mother's Day upsets him. He comes around, of course, and attends her recital, where she plays the turtle song—the metaphor of which is not actually clear to her—to a group of caricatures of '90's feminists, who hoot and holler in appreciation. She tacks on a line about the turtle finding love \"with a turtle named Hank.\" Peggy has found liberation in her own square way, which is kind of beautiful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"I thought we'd agreed to take a big step backwards together, but it sounds like you'd rather play punk music with your hippie friends on boring old Mother's Day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003cem>The X-Files\u003c/em> — Terms of Endearment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wikipedia describes this episode as \"an inversion of ... \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby,\u003c/em>\" which proves what I've suspected for a long time but have never been able to prove: the editors of Wikipedia do not know what the word \"inversion\" means. In \"Terms of Endearment,\" Mulder investigates Wayne Weinsider, a demon in human form who impregnates women and takes their babies. Most of the reason this episode is worth watching is that Weinsider is played by camp king Bruce Campbell in a weirdly staid—for a demon—role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Mr. Weinsider, I don't want to arrest Laura. I'm sure you'd hate like the devil for this to happen as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003cem>Home Movies\u003c/em> — Get Away From My Mother\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 724px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/paula/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4556\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4556\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg\" alt='From \"Home Movies.\"' width=\"724\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg 724w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From \"Home Movies.\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Home Movies'\u003c/em> central character, child VHS auteur Brendon, and his mother Paula, had, I think, one of the most interesting mother-son dynamics on television. In this first episode, in which Paula goes on a date with Brendon's loutish gym coach, Brendon is still very much a child, not understanding the concept of dating and desperately needing Paula to watch the new movie he and his friends made, but because of the show's loose voice-acting style and witty dialogue, the two have always reminded me of a couple of adult friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quotes: \"I like to go into this date with almost a chip on my shoulder. How dare he ask me out. How dare anybody put me through this. I'm wearing-- just-- this is my feeling, right now I'm at the precipice of my life, I'm at a turning point. I've decided that I'm just gonna go dressed how I am dressed, because otherwise it's almost false advertising. I'm wearin' big baggy pants and a shirt that makes a man wanna buy me another shirt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> — Motherboy XXX\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/tumblr_me3yoms3hn1qfsw5wo1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4557\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4557\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_me3yoms3Hn1qfsw5wo1_400.gif\" alt='From \"Arrested Development\", via Tumblr user keyridan.' width=\"350\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Arrested Development, via Tumblr user keyridan.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If Brendon and Paula had a compellingly healthy and mature relationship, \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>'s Lucille and Buster Bluth are fascinating for the inverse reason: Buster is an adult child, and his mother uses his dependency to nurture her own vanity. At this point Buster's left hand has been bitten off by a loose seal, and Lucille feels that Buster's recent moodiness (and scary hook hand) will hurt her chances at winning \"Cutest Couple\" at a weird mother-son dinner dance called Motherboy. She takes her grandson and Buster breaks in to the dance to confront her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Whenever she changed clothes, she made me wait on the balcony until zip-up. And yet anything goes at bath time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003cem>Archer — \u003c/em>Lo Scandalo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further into unhealthy territory, this episode of the spy comedy revolves around its protagonist, Sterling Archer, attempting to dispose of the body of the Prime Minister of Italy, after Archer's mother Mallory seduces the Prime Minister and most likely brings about his demise. I didn't say they were all exemplary mothers. Jessica Walter plays Mallory, a more licensed-to-kill version of Lucille, whom Walter plays on \u003cem>Arrested Development.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"What else was on tonight's menu? Sex under a hive of Africanized bees?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> — Shoot\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The character of Betty on \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> has become increasingly monstrous in the past few years, but Season One's \"Shoot,\" gives her an epic moment of vindication. After a neighbor threatens to shoot the family dog for taking a bite out of one of his pigeons (did you ever have a neighbor threaten to shoot your dog when you were a kid? I did, and it bummed me out for days, and I probably wasn't even that young), and also after a modeling gig falls through for her, Betty takes out a rifle and coolly begins shooting the neighbor's pigeons out of the sky, cigarette in her mouth. I'll leave you with this so you can think of how many times your mom probably did something this cool for you as a kid—the answer is most likely several.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltl0EQ9O7Gg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What great mom-centric TV episodes did I miss? What's the best \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> episode? Should I be watching that Norman Bates show? Don't get so caught up in TV-watching that you forget to call your mom!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Missing your mom this Mother's Day? Watch these mom-related TV show episodes, all available on Netflix Instant!","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1637736134,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":1068},"headData":{"title":"Celebrate Mother's Day With These Six Mom-Centric TV Episodes - KQED Pop","description":"Missing your mom this Mother's Day? Watch these mom-related TV show episodes, all available on Netflix Instant!","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"4550 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=4550","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/","disqusTitle":"Celebrate Mother's Day With These Six Mom-Centric TV Episodes","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/pop/4550/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/lucille-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4707\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg\" alt=\"lucille\" width=\"643\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1.jpg 643w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/lucille1-400x223.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you and your mom don't get to see each other this Sunday, don't worry. Unless it's because she's just suddenly gone missing, in which case, uh-oh, dude, you better go find your mom. I've compiled a list of great TV episodes that revolve around issues of motherhood. I don't advise watching all of them with your mother, but I do recommend them all. And they're all available streaming on Netflix!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003cem>King of the Hill\u003c/em> — Peggy's Turtle Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peggy, the ridiculously arrogant matriarch of the Hill family, has a sympathetic storyline in \"Peggy's Turtle Song.\" When her son Bobby eats too much of a cereal called \"Grandma's Oatmeal Cookie Crunch\" and disrupts class, he's diagnosed with A.D.D. Peggy quits her job as a substitute teacher, but soon becomes bored staying home with a now incredibly well-focused son and takes up guitar lessons. She writes a song about a turtle who wants to escape her shell despite her attachment to it. Hank, her husband, is uncharacteristically tyrannical in this episode, and the prospect of Peggy learning the guitar (from a woman with green hair, no less) and performing her song on Mother's Day upsets him. He comes around, of course, and attends her recital, where she plays the turtle song—the metaphor of which is not actually clear to her—to a group of caricatures of '90's feminists, who hoot and holler in appreciation. She tacks on a line about the turtle finding love \"with a turtle named Hank.\" Peggy has found liberation in her own square way, which is kind of beautiful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"I thought we'd agreed to take a big step backwards together, but it sounds like you'd rather play punk music with your hippie friends on boring old Mother's Day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003cem>The X-Files\u003c/em> — Terms of Endearment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wikipedia describes this episode as \"an inversion of ... \u003cem>Rosemary's Baby,\u003c/em>\" which proves what I've suspected for a long time but have never been able to prove: the editors of Wikipedia do not know what the word \"inversion\" means. In \"Terms of Endearment,\" Mulder investigates Wayne Weinsider, a demon in human form who impregnates women and takes their babies. Most of the reason this episode is worth watching is that Weinsider is played by camp king Bruce Campbell in a weirdly staid—for a demon—role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Mr. Weinsider, I don't want to arrest Laura. I'm sure you'd hate like the devil for this to happen as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003cem>Home Movies\u003c/em> — Get Away From My Mother\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 724px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/paula/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4556\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4556\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg\" alt='From \"Home Movies.\"' width=\"724\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula.jpg 724w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/paula-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From \"Home Movies.\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Home Movies'\u003c/em> central character, child VHS auteur Brendon, and his mother Paula, had, I think, one of the most interesting mother-son dynamics on television. In this first episode, in which Paula goes on a date with Brendon's loutish gym coach, Brendon is still very much a child, not understanding the concept of dating and desperately needing Paula to watch the new movie he and his friends made, but because of the show's loose voice-acting style and witty dialogue, the two have always reminded me of a couple of adult friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quotes: \"I like to go into this date with almost a chip on my shoulder. How dare he ask me out. How dare anybody put me through this. I'm wearing-- just-- this is my feeling, right now I'm at the precipice of my life, I'm at a turning point. I've decided that I'm just gonna go dressed how I am dressed, because otherwise it's almost false advertising. I'm wearin' big baggy pants and a shirt that makes a man wanna buy me another shirt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em> — Motherboy XXX\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/09/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes/tumblr_me3yoms3hn1qfsw5wo1_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4557\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-4557\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_me3yoms3Hn1qfsw5wo1_400.gif\" alt='From \"Arrested Development\", via Tumblr user keyridan.' width=\"350\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Arrested Development, via Tumblr user keyridan.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If Brendon and Paula had a compellingly healthy and mature relationship, \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>'s Lucille and Buster Bluth are fascinating for the inverse reason: Buster is an adult child, and his mother uses his dependency to nurture her own vanity. At this point Buster's left hand has been bitten off by a loose seal, and Lucille feels that Buster's recent moodiness (and scary hook hand) will hurt her chances at winning \"Cutest Couple\" at a weird mother-son dinner dance called Motherboy. She takes her grandson and Buster breaks in to the dance to confront her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"Whenever she changed clothes, she made me wait on the balcony until zip-up. And yet anything goes at bath time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003cem>Archer — \u003c/em>Lo Scandalo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further into unhealthy territory, this episode of the spy comedy revolves around its protagonist, Sterling Archer, attempting to dispose of the body of the Prime Minister of Italy, after Archer's mother Mallory seduces the Prime Minister and most likely brings about his demise. I didn't say they were all exemplary mothers. Jessica Walter plays Mallory, a more licensed-to-kill version of Lucille, whom Walter plays on \u003cem>Arrested Development.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key Quote: \"What else was on tonight's menu? Sex under a hive of Africanized bees?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> — Shoot\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The character of Betty on \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> has become increasingly monstrous in the past few years, but Season One's \"Shoot,\" gives her an epic moment of vindication. After a neighbor threatens to shoot the family dog for taking a bite out of one of his pigeons (did you ever have a neighbor threaten to shoot your dog when you were a kid? I did, and it bummed me out for days, and I probably wasn't even that young), and also after a modeling gig falls through for her, Betty takes out a rifle and coolly begins shooting the neighbor's pigeons out of the sky, cigarette in her mouth. I'll leave you with this so you can think of how many times your mom probably did something this cool for you as a kid—the answer is most likely several.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ltl0EQ9O7Gg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ltl0EQ9O7Gg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What great mom-centric TV episodes did I miss? What's the best \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> episode? Should I be watching that Norman Bates show? Don't get so caught up in TV-watching that you forget to call your mom!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/4550/celebrate-mothers-day-with-these-six-mom-centric-tv-episodes","authors":["2422"],"categories":["pop_6","pop_3"],"tags":["pop_741","pop_471","pop_296","pop_742","pop_744","pop_74","pop_740","pop_723","pop_384","pop_743"],"featImg":"pop_4710","label":"pop"},"pop_3639":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_3639","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"3639","score":null,"sort":[1365436686000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mad-men-recap-suicide-is-painless-but-this-show-is-not","title":"Mad Men Recap: Suicide is Painless, but This Show Is Not","publishDate":1365436686,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/08/mad-men-recap-suicide-is-painless-but-this-show-is-not/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3672\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3672\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11.jpeg\" alt=\"mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11.jpeg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11-400x225.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I sit down to write about this episode, it seems appropriate that I hunch over, drink bourbon and smoke a cigarette and gaze narcissistically into a past about which I feel a great deal of existential angst, despite having my whole life ahead of me and every privilege in the modern world… So why is tonight different from any other night? Because it’s the premiere of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>’s sixth season!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we begin I want to note that judging by the commercial breaks, Lincoln, for whom John Slattery did a \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE2lIBQn2KM\">cool commercial\u003c/a> a while ago, seems to have replaced Jaguar as the overly-intrusive main sponsor of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>. The ways in which this show subverts its own product placement deserve an essay of their own, but I’ll say this: last season the fictionalized Jaguar company involved the SCDP agency in prostitution, and in a later episode, a Jaguar was almost used for suicide—until the car wouldn’t start. So good luck, Lincoln, you’re gonna need it if your products actually end up appearing on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode, “The Doorway”, written by the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner, starts off with Don and Megan in Hawaii, with Don intoning a passage from the \u003cem>Inferno\u003c/em>, which he reads on the beach. Beyond the Dante allusion, there is a lot of heat and fire imagery in the sequence that follows, from Hawaiian fire dancing, tiki torches, and a pair of joints Megan scores. All that hellfire is juxtaposed with repeated reference to Hawaii as “paradise.” Look at my English major paying off, haters!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently Megan is recognizable from some soap opera now—“I can’t believe Victor won’t acknowledge you,” coos a fan who approaches her. Don meets a soldier about to get married before leaving for Vietnam. The soldier’s best man is passed out at the bar, and Don ends up serving in his stead as the couple get married on the beach. Megan finds Don and snaps a picture. Don later realizes he accidentally stole the soldier’s lighter, which has the soldier’s name on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole Hawaii sequence—from a master of ceremonies telling obnoxious jokes to the tourists for what feels like a long time, to the soldier bragging about killing water buffalo—made my skin crawl. Weiner, in his work on \u003cem>The Sopranos\u003c/em> as well as \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>, is great at this: showing the subtle horror of average lameness. Don’s aloof smirk is the only thing stopping these scenes from becoming pure “Look at these godawful people” and nothing more—but Don’s passivity also makes him complicit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at the Francis residence, Henry and Betty have apparently taken in a young orphan who hopes to study violin at Juilliard. Bobby Draper says the violin looks like a coffin. Last season laid on the ominous death vibes pretty thick, but this season seems to be taking it even further. In the next scene, Don witnesses a doorman called Jonesy having a heart attack, and a doctor named Arnold Rosen administers CPR. Rosen’s wife is played by former \u003cem>Freaks and Geeks\u003c/em> star Linda Cardellini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty climbs into bed with her husband and commences saying SUPER HORRIFYING things about the young violinist, suggesting Henry “rape” her. I read this as a comment on present-day rape culture: the past year has brought a lot of ignorance about rape to light thanks to comments from Todd Akin and Tosh.0, to name a few, and it’s interesting to consider the idea that rape might have been spoken of as a mere kink, the way Betty talks about it here, more often in the late '60s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty then goes downstairs and has a conversation with the violinist, who didn’t get into Juilliard. Somehow this scene made me sympathize with Betty despite the disgusting monologue she just delivered—Betty, in her modeling days, lived in a packed apartment and ate soup out of cans, and the violinist, apparently now intent on moving to Greenwich Village and becoming a bohemian, is pretty arrogant. This is another thing the show is great at: I was raised to believe that the revolution of the '60s was purely altruistic and important, but I think it’s equally important that we view the squares with sympathy, and see how they stayed square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We check in with Peggy, whose awful boyfriend is now rocking a \u003ca href=\"http://home.gwi.net/~drrknrl/Images/fz70s.jpg\">Frank Zappa ‘stache\u003c/a>, and Roger, who is in therapy, but who mostly uses the psychiatric couch to joke—perhaps he should have been a standup comedian. Roger, who once said, “When God closes a door, he opens a dress,” gives the episode its title by discussing doorways in life, which “all close behind you.” His shrink is not amused, and the next scene parallels this moment, as Peggy is forced to endure a coworker’s stilted recounting of a late-night comedic monologue about American soldiers taking Vietnamese ears for trophies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A guy named Bob Benson is scheming hard to impress Don, even giving him an extra coffee he just happened to have on him. Ginsberg’s new mustache totally beats Peggy’s boyfriend’s. Peggy, convincing her client to give her time to figure out how to make a great ad, is in full glory-days-Don mode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Don, who once said that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XXoxCjdfTY\">love is just a sentiment created by ad men like him\u003c/a>, is now upset at his firm’s and other agency’s “trivialization of the word.” One gets the feeling he has since learned love from Megan, and has already fallen out of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don gives Dr. Arnold Rosen a camera in a drawn-out scene full of unusually boring banter. Sometimes this show errs too much on the side of dropping its audience into a trivial moment in its characters’ lives and forcing us to wait and find out the significance, if there is any, and this focus on Don and the doctor's cordial acquaintance is one such instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The halfway point of the two-hour special is saved, though, by Roger’s reaction to his mother’s death. Roger is characteristically hilarious throughout her funeral service—\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsw9jYU_rJI\">a Groucho Marx trapped in a world of Margaret Dumonts.\u003c/a> However, it’s clear he had been holding out for his mother to die for a long, long time. Roger’s psychiatrist’s question, “What exactly are you joking about?” becomes very relevant, especially when drunk Don vomits on the floor (at the mention of sunshine) and Roger notices his ex-wife’s plus-one. Roger yells, “This is MY FUNERAL!” and tries to kick everybody out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode placed a special emphasis on uncomfortable monologues: the hacky MC in Hawaii, Betty making rape jokes like a bad comedian herself, Roger’s Portnoy’s Complaint moment, the \"ears\" routine, and a vomit-inducingly trite eulogy by a friend of Roger’s mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drunk Don presses Jonesy about what happened “when he died.” (“I guess there was a light.” “Like a hot tropical sunshine?”) At this point there are so many commercial breaks that I start to wish \u003cem>I\u003c/em> was seeing the soft light of death myself. Betty goes to Greenwich Village to look for this girl, and again I sympathize with her—everyone in the squat Betty visits is a total creep. Megan’s character on the soap opera she’s on becomes villainous, and I really wish we could see the show, a la \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulSVBkaboK0\">“Invitation to Love” on \u003cem>Twin Peaks.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Greenwich Village subplot ends with Betty dyeing her hair for some reason. This is why they introduced that character and everything? I’m wrestling with what all this is supposed to mean, except that Betty is losing her marbles even more than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don pitches “Hawaii: The Jumping-Off Point”, an ad campaign that unintentionally reminds the Hawaii people of suicide. Don’s pitch and subsequent defense of it (“Heaven is kind of morbid”) is so bad my sister said it reminded her of “Nathan for You”, the new show in which comedian Nathan Fielder tries to sell terrible ideas to real businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it’s been over two hours and Don and Dr. Rosen are still just palling around pleasantly. They discuss—you guessed it—death, and then—you didn’t guess it—Dr. Rosen skis away in the snow on the street, and Don gets it on with Linda Cardellini, for what is clearly not the first time. The episode ended, and my sister, as devout a fan of the show as I am, said, \"What did any of that mean? Who were half of those people?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode reminded me of one of the best episodes of \u003cem>The Sopranos\u003c/em>, an episode Weiner has writing credit on. In it, Tony does something very, very bad, then goes to Las Vegas, where he is surrounded by hell imagery on the level of what we saw when Don was in Hawaii. Tony takes peyote in the desert and yells, “I get it! I get it!” What Tony “gets” seems to be that he can do whatever he wants without consequences. Don seems to have had an epiphany, too: at one point he says, “I had an experience. I don’t know how to put it into words.” Judging by his hectoring of the doorman and by his terrifying pitch for a vacation destination, Don’s unseen epiphany involves a longing for death. What that means for him, or anybody else, in the future, remains a mystery.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"SPOILER ALERT! If you aren’t caught up on Mad Men, stop reading now.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1365437002,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":1693},"headData":{"title":"Mad Men Recap: Suicide is Painless, but This Show Is Not | KQED","description":"SPOILER ALERT! If you aren’t caught up on Mad Men, stop reading now.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"3639 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=3639","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/08/mad-men-recap-suicide-is-painless-but-this-show-is-not/","disqusTitle":"Mad Men Recap: Suicide is Painless, but This Show Is Not","path":"/pop/3639/mad-men-recap-suicide-is-painless-but-this-show-is-not","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/08/mad-men-recap-suicide-is-painless-but-this-show-is-not/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3672\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3672\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11.jpeg\" alt=\"mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11.jpeg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-hawaii-beach-megan-don-draper-jessica-pare-jon-hamm-11-400x225.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I sit down to write about this episode, it seems appropriate that I hunch over, drink bourbon and smoke a cigarette and gaze narcissistically into a past about which I feel a great deal of existential angst, despite having my whole life ahead of me and every privilege in the modern world… So why is tonight different from any other night? Because it’s the premiere of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>’s sixth season!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we begin I want to note that judging by the commercial breaks, Lincoln, for whom John Slattery did a \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE2lIBQn2KM\">cool commercial\u003c/a> a while ago, seems to have replaced Jaguar as the overly-intrusive main sponsor of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>. The ways in which this show subverts its own product placement deserve an essay of their own, but I’ll say this: last season the fictionalized Jaguar company involved the SCDP agency in prostitution, and in a later episode, a Jaguar was almost used for suicide—until the car wouldn’t start. So good luck, Lincoln, you’re gonna need it if your products actually end up appearing on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The episode, “The Doorway”, written by the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner, starts off with Don and Megan in Hawaii, with Don intoning a passage from the \u003cem>Inferno\u003c/em>, which he reads on the beach. Beyond the Dante allusion, there is a lot of heat and fire imagery in the sequence that follows, from Hawaiian fire dancing, tiki torches, and a pair of joints Megan scores. All that hellfire is juxtaposed with repeated reference to Hawaii as “paradise.” Look at my English major paying off, haters!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently Megan is recognizable from some soap opera now—“I can’t believe Victor won’t acknowledge you,” coos a fan who approaches her. Don meets a soldier about to get married before leaving for Vietnam. The soldier’s best man is passed out at the bar, and Don ends up serving in his stead as the couple get married on the beach. Megan finds Don and snaps a picture. Don later realizes he accidentally stole the soldier’s lighter, which has the soldier’s name on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole Hawaii sequence—from a master of ceremonies telling obnoxious jokes to the tourists for what feels like a long time, to the soldier bragging about killing water buffalo—made my skin crawl. Weiner, in his work on \u003cem>The Sopranos\u003c/em> as well as \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>, is great at this: showing the subtle horror of average lameness. Don’s aloof smirk is the only thing stopping these scenes from becoming pure “Look at these godawful people” and nothing more—but Don’s passivity also makes him complicit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at the Francis residence, Henry and Betty have apparently taken in a young orphan who hopes to study violin at Juilliard. Bobby Draper says the violin looks like a coffin. Last season laid on the ominous death vibes pretty thick, but this season seems to be taking it even further. In the next scene, Don witnesses a doorman called Jonesy having a heart attack, and a doctor named Arnold Rosen administers CPR. Rosen’s wife is played by former \u003cem>Freaks and Geeks\u003c/em> star Linda Cardellini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty climbs into bed with her husband and commences saying SUPER HORRIFYING things about the young violinist, suggesting Henry “rape” her. I read this as a comment on present-day rape culture: the past year has brought a lot of ignorance about rape to light thanks to comments from Todd Akin and Tosh.0, to name a few, and it’s interesting to consider the idea that rape might have been spoken of as a mere kink, the way Betty talks about it here, more often in the late '60s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty then goes downstairs and has a conversation with the violinist, who didn’t get into Juilliard. Somehow this scene made me sympathize with Betty despite the disgusting monologue she just delivered—Betty, in her modeling days, lived in a packed apartment and ate soup out of cans, and the violinist, apparently now intent on moving to Greenwich Village and becoming a bohemian, is pretty arrogant. This is another thing the show is great at: I was raised to believe that the revolution of the '60s was purely altruistic and important, but I think it’s equally important that we view the squares with sympathy, and see how they stayed square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We check in with Peggy, whose awful boyfriend is now rocking a \u003ca href=\"http://home.gwi.net/~drrknrl/Images/fz70s.jpg\">Frank Zappa ‘stache\u003c/a>, and Roger, who is in therapy, but who mostly uses the psychiatric couch to joke—perhaps he should have been a standup comedian. Roger, who once said, “When God closes a door, he opens a dress,” gives the episode its title by discussing doorways in life, which “all close behind you.” His shrink is not amused, and the next scene parallels this moment, as Peggy is forced to endure a coworker’s stilted recounting of a late-night comedic monologue about American soldiers taking Vietnamese ears for trophies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A guy named Bob Benson is scheming hard to impress Don, even giving him an extra coffee he just happened to have on him. Ginsberg’s new mustache totally beats Peggy’s boyfriend’s. Peggy, convincing her client to give her time to figure out how to make a great ad, is in full glory-days-Don mode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Don, who once said that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XXoxCjdfTY\">love is just a sentiment created by ad men like him\u003c/a>, is now upset at his firm’s and other agency’s “trivialization of the word.” One gets the feeling he has since learned love from Megan, and has already fallen out of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don gives Dr. Arnold Rosen a camera in a drawn-out scene full of unusually boring banter. Sometimes this show errs too much on the side of dropping its audience into a trivial moment in its characters’ lives and forcing us to wait and find out the significance, if there is any, and this focus on Don and the doctor's cordial acquaintance is one such instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The halfway point of the two-hour special is saved, though, by Roger’s reaction to his mother’s death. Roger is characteristically hilarious throughout her funeral service—\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsw9jYU_rJI\">a Groucho Marx trapped in a world of Margaret Dumonts.\u003c/a> However, it’s clear he had been holding out for his mother to die for a long, long time. Roger’s psychiatrist’s question, “What exactly are you joking about?” becomes very relevant, especially when drunk Don vomits on the floor (at the mention of sunshine) and Roger notices his ex-wife’s plus-one. Roger yells, “This is MY FUNERAL!” and tries to kick everybody out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode placed a special emphasis on uncomfortable monologues: the hacky MC in Hawaii, Betty making rape jokes like a bad comedian herself, Roger’s Portnoy’s Complaint moment, the \"ears\" routine, and a vomit-inducingly trite eulogy by a friend of Roger’s mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drunk Don presses Jonesy about what happened “when he died.” (“I guess there was a light.” “Like a hot tropical sunshine?”) At this point there are so many commercial breaks that I start to wish \u003cem>I\u003c/em> was seeing the soft light of death myself. Betty goes to Greenwich Village to look for this girl, and again I sympathize with her—everyone in the squat Betty visits is a total creep. Megan’s character on the soap opera she’s on becomes villainous, and I really wish we could see the show, a la \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulSVBkaboK0\">“Invitation to Love” on \u003cem>Twin Peaks.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Greenwich Village subplot ends with Betty dyeing her hair for some reason. This is why they introduced that character and everything? I’m wrestling with what all this is supposed to mean, except that Betty is losing her marbles even more than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don pitches “Hawaii: The Jumping-Off Point”, an ad campaign that unintentionally reminds the Hawaii people of suicide. Don’s pitch and subsequent defense of it (“Heaven is kind of morbid”) is so bad my sister said it reminded her of “Nathan for You”, the new show in which comedian Nathan Fielder tries to sell terrible ideas to real businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it’s been over two hours and Don and Dr. Rosen are still just palling around pleasantly. They discuss—you guessed it—death, and then—you didn’t guess it—Dr. Rosen skis away in the snow on the street, and Don gets it on with Linda Cardellini, for what is clearly not the first time. The episode ended, and my sister, as devout a fan of the show as I am, said, \"What did any of that mean? Who were half of those people?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This episode reminded me of one of the best episodes of \u003cem>The Sopranos\u003c/em>, an episode Weiner has writing credit on. In it, Tony does something very, very bad, then goes to Las Vegas, where he is surrounded by hell imagery on the level of what we saw when Don was in Hawaii. Tony takes peyote in the desert and yells, “I get it! I get it!” What Tony “gets” seems to be that he can do whatever he wants without consequences. Don seems to have had an epiphany, too: at one point he says, “I had an experience. I don’t know how to put it into words.” Judging by his hectoring of the doorman and by his terrifying pitch for a vacation destination, Don’s unseen epiphany involves a longing for death. What that means for him, or anybody else, in the future, remains a mystery.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/3639/mad-men-recap-suicide-is-painless-but-this-show-is-not","authors":["2422"],"categories":["pop_3"],"tags":["pop_74","pop_8"],"featImg":"pop_3672","label":"pop"},"pop_3374":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_3374","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"3374","score":null,"sort":[1365080438000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"swizzle-sticks-and-skinny-suits-everything-you-need-for-your-perfect-mad-men-party","title":"Everything You Need To Throw A Perfect Mad Men Party","publishDate":1365080438,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 717px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/04/04/swizzle-sticks-and-skinny-suits-everything-you-need-for-your-perfect-mad-men-party/mad-men-season-7/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11825\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11825 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-season-7.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: AMC\" width=\"717\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-season-7.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-season-7-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/04/mad-men-season-7-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I'm not busy illuminating the world with my thoughts on pop culture here on KQED Pop, I'm usually busy planning theme parties. Theme parties are what separate us from animals; as my sainted Grandmama used to say: \"There's never anything so wrong with the world that some crepe paper decorations and a crystal punch bowl can't fix.\" Some of my past successes in this area include: The Class of 1984 Prom, Wes Craven Meets Wes Anderson Halloween, A Tilda Swinton Christmas (now in its third year!) and of course, A Very Jeff Koons Kwanzaa. For this Sunday's \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> premiere, I can only assume you've been working overtime planning the perfect gathering to celebrate the return of America's \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em>. Just in case some of you have been slipping in this department (slipping like the late Lane Pryce, poor man), here are some helpful hints to make a gathering even Henry Francis' dour mother would approve of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Costuming: \u003c/strong>The decade is moving on and, as Megan Draper's swinging style has indicated, so are the fashions. Go for paisleys, psychedelic prints and the London look. Of course, no one ever looked bad in a classic skinny suit or shift dress and, if you don't have time to scour the vintage boutiques for the real deal, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bananarepublic.com/products/mad-men-collection.jsp\">Banana Republic has the nouveau versions readily available.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grub On Fun Finger Foods: \u003c/strong>The '60s were all about cocktail dining (basically anything you could eat on a toothpick). Pigs-in-a-blanket. cheese-puffs, canapes, and marshmallow kabobs are all fun, authentic mid-century hors d'ouvres that don't require an overwhelming amount of prep work. If you're on a diet, just eat the brandied cherries out of a Manhattan or, for a savory treat, the olive out of a martini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 456px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.amctv.com/photo-gallery/mm6-studio-photos/MMS6_0159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"321\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Draper (Jessica Pare), Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) and Betty Francis (January Jones) Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Discuss Whether You Are A Joan, Betty, Megan Or Peggy: \u003c/strong>This is perhaps the greatest question of our century. I personally am somewhere between ambitious actress Megan and ambitious woman-trying-to-make-it-in-a-man's-world Peggy. That said, I won't deny the occasional slip into sultry Joan territory or frosty, complicated bouts of Betty every now and then. How about you? For \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>viewers, this is our \"Beatles or Stones\" debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pay Homage To HoJo's Orange Sherbet Punch: \u003c/strong>Here's a quick and easy recipe that doesn't taste \"perfumey\" at all, like Megan found the Howard Johnson's orange sherbet (which, as you may recall, sparked an enormous fight with Don). You'll need: 1 container of Orange Sherbet, 1 two liter of Ginger Ale, 1 bottle of Champagne. Combine ingredients in large punch bowl. For extra style, add orange rounds to the bowl. For extra kick, add gin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Invent Your Own \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> Drinking Game: \u003c/strong>I would say \"drink every time they drink,\" but I care about your livers too much, gentle readers, to suggest that. How about drink every \u003cem>third \u003c/em>time someone on screen drinks (trust me, this will still get you loaded, er, so I've heard), or just drink every time Don lies about his past or every time something sexist happens. Bottoms up!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 410px\">\u003cimg class=\" \" src=\"http://media.amctv.com/photo-gallery/mm5-episode-photos/MM_MY_503_0816_0009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"289\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Francis (January Jones) Photo Credit: Michael Yarish/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use Betty Draper Francis' Season 5 Fat Suit For Extra Seating: \u003c/strong>You saw how cushy and well padded January Jones\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>was so you just know that fat suit would be comfortable to recline on if more guests show up at the last minute. Also, her prosthetic chins would be great coasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Decor: \u003c/strong>Even if you don't have a perfect Danish Modern credenza or a conversation pit in your living room, there's still time to dress up the pad! Never underestimate the impact some floor pillows and a little throw shag carpeting can bring to a room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Invite A Silver Fox I\u003cstrong>n Honor Of Roger Sterling:\u003c/strong> \u003c/strong>Every party needs one! If a true silver fox isn't readily available, a silver wig on a regular fox will just have to do. Or a cardboard cut-out of Anderson Cooper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Try And Feel A Little Sympathy For Pete: \u003c/strong>I know he's worked so hard at being unlikable, but didn't that affair/electroshock therapy storyline earn him a few points? I mean, sure, he was cheating on Trudy with his train seatmate's wife, but, given everything that's come before, this was actually a moment where he gained a little likability. Also, did you know \u003cstrong>Vincent Kartheiser \u003c/strong>and \u003cstrong>Alexis Bledel \u003c/strong>are now engaged in real life? That makes it a sort of happy ending...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Try And Figure Out Whatever Happened To Gay Sal: \u003c/strong>We're getting closer and closer to the Stonewall Riots in 1969... I'm just saying, do you think we'll see him on the streets with his fellow, newly liberated gay brethren?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make A Boozy, Lounge-y Playlist: \u003c/strong>Don't scrimp on the Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzegerald, Dinah Washington and Dean Martin.If you have the money in your budget for the rights, make a nod to the late '60s and include one Beatles song. And of course, you must \"Zou Bisou Bisou.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXoILGnHnvM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And of course, don't forget the swizzle sticks, those drinks aren't going to swizzle themselves! Happy viewing!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Mad Men a.k.a. America's Downton Abbey returns this Sunday! Here are some helpful hints to throw a theme party worthy of this high holiday.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1428091143,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":943},"headData":{"title":"Everything You Need To Throw A Perfect Mad Men Party | KQED","description":"Mad Men a.k.a. America's Downton Abbey returns this Sunday! 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Theme parties are what separate us from animals; as my sainted Grandmama used to say: \"There's never anything so wrong with the world that some crepe paper decorations and a crystal punch bowl can't fix.\" Some of my past successes in this area include: The Class of 1984 Prom, Wes Craven Meets Wes Anderson Halloween, A Tilda Swinton Christmas (now in its third year!) and of course, A Very Jeff Koons Kwanzaa. For this Sunday's \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> premiere, I can only assume you've been working overtime planning the perfect gathering to celebrate the return of America's \u003cem>Downton Abbey\u003c/em>. Just in case some of you have been slipping in this department (slipping like the late Lane Pryce, poor man), here are some helpful hints to make a gathering even Henry Francis' dour mother would approve of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Costuming: \u003c/strong>The decade is moving on and, as Megan Draper's swinging style has indicated, so are the fashions. Go for paisleys, psychedelic prints and the London look. Of course, no one ever looked bad in a classic skinny suit or shift dress and, if you don't have time to scour the vintage boutiques for the real deal, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bananarepublic.com/products/mad-men-collection.jsp\">Banana Republic has the nouveau versions readily available.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grub On Fun Finger Foods: \u003c/strong>The '60s were all about cocktail dining (basically anything you could eat on a toothpick). Pigs-in-a-blanket. cheese-puffs, canapes, and marshmallow kabobs are all fun, authentic mid-century hors d'ouvres that don't require an overwhelming amount of prep work. 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For \u003cem>Mad Men \u003c/em>viewers, this is our \"Beatles or Stones\" debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pay Homage To HoJo's Orange Sherbet Punch: \u003c/strong>Here's a quick and easy recipe that doesn't taste \"perfumey\" at all, like Megan found the Howard Johnson's orange sherbet (which, as you may recall, sparked an enormous fight with Don). You'll need: 1 container of Orange Sherbet, 1 two liter of Ginger Ale, 1 bottle of Champagne. Combine ingredients in large punch bowl. For extra style, add orange rounds to the bowl. 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Bottoms up!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 410px\">\u003cimg class=\" \" src=\"http://media.amctv.com/photo-gallery/mm5-episode-photos/MM_MY_503_0816_0009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"289\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Francis (January Jones) Photo Credit: Michael Yarish/AMC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Use Betty Draper Francis' Season 5 Fat Suit For Extra Seating: \u003c/strong>You saw how cushy and well padded January Jones\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>was so you just know that fat suit would be comfortable to recline on if more guests show up at the last minute. Also, her prosthetic chins would be great coasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Decor: \u003c/strong>Even if you don't have a perfect Danish Modern credenza or a conversation pit in your living room, there's still time to dress up the pad! Never underestimate the impact some floor pillows and a little throw shag carpeting can bring to a room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Invite A Silver Fox I\u003cstrong>n Honor Of Roger Sterling:\u003c/strong> \u003c/strong>Every party needs one! If a true silver fox isn't readily available, a silver wig on a regular fox will just have to do. Or a cardboard cut-out of Anderson Cooper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Try And Feel A Little Sympathy For Pete: \u003c/strong>I know he's worked so hard at being unlikable, but didn't that affair/electroshock therapy storyline earn him a few points? I mean, sure, he was cheating on Trudy with his train seatmate's wife, but, given everything that's come before, this was actually a moment where he gained a little likability. Also, did you know \u003cstrong>Vincent Kartheiser \u003c/strong>and \u003cstrong>Alexis Bledel \u003c/strong>are now engaged in real life? That makes it a sort of happy ending...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Try And Figure Out Whatever Happened To Gay Sal: \u003c/strong>We're getting closer and closer to the Stonewall Riots in 1969... I'm just saying, do you think we'll see him on the streets with his fellow, newly liberated gay brethren?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make A Boozy, Lounge-y Playlist: \u003c/strong>Don't scrimp on the Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzegerald, Dinah Washington and Dean Martin.If you have the money in your budget for the rights, make a nod to the late '60s and include one Beatles song. 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If you aren't caught up on \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>, stop reading now.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m a huge fan of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>, but lately I’ve had trouble feeling quite as excited as I probably should for this new season. Maybe I’m taking it for granted because it’s been on for so long, in contrast to something like \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>, which is still new and exciting to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or maybe it’s because the last season was so overtly damning to nearly every character: the agency of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce swallowed Pryce whole and prostituted Joan and drove out Peggy. The show, via none other than the dream-ghost of Don’s dead brother, came out and basically explained to Don, and us, that a rotten tooth was a metaphor for Don’s soul or whatever. Roger unintentionally exposed Sally to “dirty” sex. Pete was punched in the face repeatedly, and everyone watching it with me cheered each time, even though the second face-puncher was a far greater monster than Pete could ever aspire to be. And as for Megan, I'm not saying she's a gold digger, but...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what hope do these characters have? More importantly, can we care what hope they have? Can we get ourselves worked up, for old times’ sake? For… nostalgia? For the good old days of 2007, a time before Skrillex, before the Ikea monkey, when people still sometimes gathered around the soft, forgiving glow of actual televisions, with loved ones— can we reach back to this place we ache to go again, and feel a twinge in our heart more painful than mere memory—\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorry. Something in my eye. Anyway, yes! Of course we can! Here’s how:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Do Some Reading\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> is one of the most literary shows since \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT2f-BOAbYg\">Wishbone\u003c/a>, why not check out some of its influences? What else are you going to read, articles about pop culture? Please continue reading articles about pop culture! But afterwards…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Stories-John-Cheever/dp/0375724427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Short Stories of John Cheever\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Cheever wrote his stories, which often concerned mid-20\u003csup>th\u003c/sup>-century New York, booze, existential despair, sexuality, infidelity and privilege, with such heartbreaking attention to detail that he became known as “The Chekhov of the suburbs.\" If you’re not familiar with his work, check out “O City of Broken Dreams!”, “Torch Song,” (which features a character named Joan Harris), “The Country Husband,” and “The Swimmer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/White-Album-Essays-FSG-Classics/dp/0374532079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>The White Album\u003c/em>\u003c/a> by Joan Didion. Given the pacing of the show, it’s safe to assume that Season 6 will take place in or around 1968. Here, Didion writes about aspects of that particular zeitgeist—The Doors, The Manson Family— with beautiful, ambling sentences and a mood of dread and paranoia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Emergency-Frank-OHara/dp/0802134521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Meditations in an Emergency\u003c/em>\u003c/a> by Frank O’Hara. Because tell me hearing Don reads from O'Hara's collection of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_School\">New York School\u003c/a> poetry doesn’t get you amped as heck for \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNXGu_9CKoU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regret! The misery! You don’t have enough of that in your real life, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Dress Up Like Your Favorite Character!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You think you’re better than cosplayers and \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larp\">LARP\u003c/a>ers just because your favorite show makes allusions to Frank O’Hara and Sylvia Plath? Guess what? Allusions to Frank O’Hara and Sylvia Plath are actually the nerdiest thing possible! Embrace it, Poindexter, and check out these great vintage stores in the Bay Area for all of your sartorial needs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/mars-mercantile-berkeley\">Mars\u003c/a> in Berkeley. This Telegraph Avenue highlight features two floors of old-time class at decent prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-rosa-vintage-san-francisco\">La Rosa\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/held-over-san-francisco\">Held Over\u003c/a> in the Haight. In a part of town that already feels like an unsettling tribute to a bygone era, La Rosa and its less expensive sister store stand above the rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.retrofityourworld.com/\">Retrofit\u003c/a> in the Mission. This Valencia street space places an emphasis on drag and personal transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re sure to find period-appropriate realness at any of these places for your dorky \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> get-together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Drink!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Or don’t. At least, please don’t drink like the characters on \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When my friends and I first got big into this show, we started ordering “old-fashioned” cocktails at bars, a la Don Draper. However, the old-fashioned you get at most bars nowadays, poignantly enough, is not what it used to be. It's more like a weird, sangria-esque soup of fruit and sugar, or a fruit salad drenched in whiskey and bitters. Are you at all surprised that Rachel Maddow has the most succinct and charming explanation for how to make an old-fashioned old-fashioned?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ccqDlu0kuI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And of course, the order here is important-- don't drink too much before trying to read any of those books or put on fancy clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What are you doing for the upcoming season of \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>? Probably going about your business, not worrying about this kind of stuff? Planning a super-cool party that you're still waiting to invite me to? Wondering how I got through this article without making a single reference to Jon Hamm's recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/hamm-mad-men-full-package-article-1.1293362?localLinksEnabled=false\">trouser difficulties\u003c/a>? Let us know!\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Having trouble feeling quite as excited as you probably should for this new season of Mad Men? Here are some tips to help you rekindle the flame.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1552098999,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":916},"headData":{"title":"3 Steps to Getting Pumped for the New Season of Mad Men | KQED","description":"Having trouble feeling quite as excited as you probably should for this new season of Mad Men? 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Maybe I’m taking it for granted because it’s been on for so long, in contrast to something like \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em>, which is still new and exciting to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or maybe it’s because the last season was so overtly damning to nearly every character: the agency of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce swallowed Pryce whole and prostituted Joan and drove out Peggy. The show, via none other than the dream-ghost of Don’s dead brother, came out and basically explained to Don, and us, that a rotten tooth was a metaphor for Don’s soul or whatever. Roger unintentionally exposed Sally to “dirty” sex. Pete was punched in the face repeatedly, and everyone watching it with me cheered each time, even though the second face-puncher was a far greater monster than Pete could ever aspire to be. And as for Megan, I'm not saying she's a gold digger, but...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what hope do these characters have? More importantly, can we care what hope they have? Can we get ourselves worked up, for old times’ sake? For… nostalgia? For the good old days of 2007, a time before Skrillex, before the Ikea monkey, when people still sometimes gathered around the soft, forgiving glow of actual televisions, with loved ones— can we reach back to this place we ache to go again, and feel a twinge in our heart more painful than mere memory—\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorry. Something in my eye. Anyway, yes! Of course we can! Here’s how:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Do Some Reading\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em> is one of the most literary shows since \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT2f-BOAbYg\">Wishbone\u003c/a>, why not check out some of its influences? What else are you going to read, articles about pop culture? Please continue reading articles about pop culture! But afterwards…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Stories-John-Cheever/dp/0375724427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Short Stories of John Cheever\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. Cheever wrote his stories, which often concerned mid-20\u003csup>th\u003c/sup>-century New York, booze, existential despair, sexuality, infidelity and privilege, with such heartbreaking attention to detail that he became known as “The Chekhov of the suburbs.\" If you’re not familiar with his work, check out “O City of Broken Dreams!”, “Torch Song,” (which features a character named Joan Harris), “The Country Husband,” and “The Swimmer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/White-Album-Essays-FSG-Classics/dp/0374532079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>The White Album\u003c/em>\u003c/a> by Joan Didion. Given the pacing of the show, it’s safe to assume that Season 6 will take place in or around 1968. 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Dress Up Like Your Favorite Character!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You think you’re better than cosplayers and \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larp\">LARP\u003c/a>ers just because your favorite show makes allusions to Frank O’Hara and Sylvia Plath? Guess what? Allusions to Frank O’Hara and Sylvia Plath are actually the nerdiest thing possible! Embrace it, Poindexter, and check out these great vintage stores in the Bay Area for all of your sartorial needs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/mars-mercantile-berkeley\">Mars\u003c/a> in Berkeley. This Telegraph Avenue highlight features two floors of old-time class at decent prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>--\u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-rosa-vintage-san-francisco\">La Rosa\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/held-over-san-francisco\">Held Over\u003c/a> in the Haight. 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