As South African (public) television was atrociously sucky, and as I then was stuck with a laptop without DVD player, I've gone through a dry spell with regard to good quality television series with grand story telling. At some point, probably when the cold returns, I'll have to finish The Sopranos and 6 Feet Under, both series which I found orgasmic material, in contrast to (blasphemy alert!) Dr. Who.
So watching Mad Men was like fresh rain on pattering parched soil and I'm keen to see more of it. In an aside, I've often glorified the sixties period in the States - I think I've repeatedly written before that the 1960s in the States, particularly the revolutionary final 5 years, always have had a hypnotic effect on me.
So, are other people watching Mad Men?
i enjoyed it very much indeed, as tv series drama goes, it's as good as it gets. extra fascinating because my dad was an ad exec during that era, so some of the resonances are very interesting. the stylists really worked hard, and the result is as glossy, contrived and surreal as the Bernais-ian spells the agencies were casting.
six feet under and the sopranos had me hooked as well.
good tv drama, it's come such a long way... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
