Mad Men

I’ve almost completely caught up with Mad Men. There’s so much I love about this show. It’s clever writing, it’s insanely addictive style, and it’s brilliant cast.

The way I see it, the show is about conspicuous and inconspicuous images. It speaks of a quietly repressed time masked with conservative ideals yet teething with voracious liberal underpinnings. It’s about perfectionism in a bubble that’s on the verge of bursting. It’s really an iconic image of the 1960’s in all it’s political correctness (or not). It has so much style, so much sense. There’s a reason why even the President loves the show. I love that it’s filmed in the classic 1960’s style. Over-saturated colors; long drawn-out shots; flannel and cotton so thick you can’t distinguish it from the haze from all the smoking that happens in the show. It brings an ironic sense of class back to business. I just wonder where the show will end…at whatever point it does, it will definitely symbolize the end of an era for modern television.