Board 8 > Mad Men almost-blind watchthrough topic with spoilers

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All I knew about it at first was that it's about an ad agency, the main character drinks a lot, there's a lot of misogyny, and there's a closet case. Please be nice and don't spoil past what I've seen.

Finished up episode 1. My thoughts!

They were laying on the Salvatore-is-gay thing way too thick. The disinterest in the bachelor party, the avoiding the girlfriend question, the line "do people really do that, live one way even though they think the exact opposite."

Holy crap I was really surprised how blatant everyone was with the sexism. I kinda knew it was there, but seeing it all laid bare was kinda gross.

I love the word "strumpet" and I'm gonna find occasions to use it.

I'm gonna be mad if Menken winds up as Don Draper's love interest or something, considering the content of the show. It's like, here's this show about the ugliness of 1950's corporate America. Let's introduce a woman who is going to be charmed by a man. I could see her using his preconceived notions of her to get an advantage over him, in kinda a Bayonetta-ish femininity-as-weapon thing. But we'll see.

This show is looking to be awesome. I love the whole look, and the actors are pretty good. I'm willing to forgive some of the over-the-top introduction to the themes in the story because this is the first episode and some EXPOSITION is necessary.

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senorhousemouse

lol the second episode's name is "The Ladies' Room"

TIL that psychiatry was regarded as fake science back then. wtf guys, the first thing I thought when she said her hands were numb is "oh, must be a neurological problem."

She crashes the car because her hands go numb and her husband guilt trips her about it. Nice!

I don't get the reluctance to have her see a psychiatry. She has to mention the "stigma" around it rather than the necessity to seek medical care. This is so sad :(

Peggy's getting good at rolling with the sexual harassment.

And apparently there's no such thing as doctor-patient confidentiality. That's a scary thought.

There's... not a whole lot to mention in this episode. I'm kinda disappointed Menken didn't come back. I liked her.

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senorhousemouse