![]() ![]() Plus, it's a good way of retelling the upheaval of that decade. And I like the macro-theme of this guy who is amazing at spinning the product and getting people to buy stuff and yet his personal life is a mess and he's unable to actually live the quality American life that he's really good at painting a picture of. I loved the ad agency aspect to it - the creative campaigns and office politics and all that. It chronicles the 60s, but I don't think it's made FOR the people who grew up then. Once they hit mid to late 60's in the new office I fell in love But honestly, seasons 4-7 is possibly my favourite run of television ever. I think it's just one of those things that has to click with you. Even though it is my favourite show, I can admit it is extremely slow and could be boring for some, realistically not much happens certainly nothing exciting happens. Similarly with my other favourite show Bojack Horseman, it is much more of a character study of messed up people, but I can totally understand why people wouldnt like it. I remember reading somewhere where they said "if you said to someone the plot points of an episode it wouldnt sound appealing at all, but it's all about the detail and the characters, not what is happening at face value", and I think that is pretty accurate. For me it was never really about the overall storylines, it was all about the characters. ![]() i am just starting it again now after multiple years and again am loving it. I was about 17 when I first watched it and the second I finished it I rewatched it again, so I don't think its an age thing. Character studies are notoriously hard to get into, and they alienate casual audiences real easy.īut if you got patience and care about these fictional personalities, you should find a lot of rewarding material here. Which is to say that, technically, you should be prepared to watch 7 seasons of the same thing over and over. How do they react? How do their existing personalities clash with the events that surround them? We're not looking for growth or character arcs, we're looking SIMPLY for those reactions. A character study means that we're not focused on WHAT happens, we're focused on HOW it affects our protagonists. But you gotta love characters, not events.ī) Once you find the characters fascinating, you should focus on how they react to things. The show really, really doesn't make it hard to find its characters fascinating. Here's the third one: Peggy is introduced by being the office newbie who is all innocent and easily taken for a spin, but her first act of agency is to flirt with her boss. Here's another example: Pete is introduced by mentioning his wedding and his bachelor party, then showing that he's not really happy with ANY of these events, and all he seems to want is to prove himself as a pastiche of Don. Some examples: Don starts out by being so obsessed with the tobacco ad that he stops a waiter just to ask for his opinion. The show really, really doesn't make this hard. To enjoy it you need to:Ī) Find the characters fascinating from the moment they first appear on screen. ![]()
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