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Originally Posted by Paul
Oh dear 
I think Madmen is a bit like Marmite, you either Love it or Hate it
Personally I find the show has a very depressing undertone to the whole thing, from the moment the music starts to recap the previous episode to how unhappy all the characters are with their lives. Is the Manson cameo coming in one of the last two episodes of the current series?
I should really stop watching it, but there are only a handful of shows that are truly exceptional. Breaking Bad being one of them of coarse! |
yeah, i actually went from loving it to not. the long break 2 seasons ago did me in. and for the reasons you cite. there really is a dark undertone to it all that makes the characters unlikeable. don draper is a dick, period. i understand that television needs dicks like draper to make compelling shows, seinfeld was a dick if you think about it.
but seinfeld was redeeming in the sense he was funny and entirely relatable. draper doesn't have any qualities that make him endearing, or relatable. he seems to be a dick just to be a dick.
funny though, through the 1st many seasons i was trying to get my mom to watch madmena but she never caught it until a year-ish ago, now i stay current on it so we can chat about it finally. lol