Mad Men, creator Matthew Weiner, with Jon Hamm
and a superb cast
A different
version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E
and
http://realini.blogspot.ro/
This is
absolutely one of the best series ever produced.
The proof
is here:
It has won
5 Golden Globes and another 130 important awards, with a further astonishing
362 nominations.
This is the
story of an ad agency that in fact keeps transforming itself and then the
original employees create other firms.
It is
brilliant, clever, fun to watch and it has become a classic for every fun of
good programs, but especially for ad men or…
-
Mad Men
As a matter
of fact, I have been reading in positive psychology classics that the effect of
advertising is vicious.
We are
basically conditioned to buy things we do not need.
Consumerism
is not just bad for the planet that suffers immensely on account of the climate
change however some deny it- The Donald for instance
It is
pointless, because positive psychology studies and tests have proved that the
things we keep buying do not bring happiness
-
Hedonic adaptation is the phenomenon
that explains all this
In the
small state of Bhutan, television and advertising had been banned until 1999
and once they were permitted, a dramatic change took place.
An incredible
increase in violence was experienced.
I guess we
can’t all have the attitude of the Dalai Lama, but the exaggerated, addictive urge
to keep on shopping needs to be tempered.
At the very
least.
When the
Dalai Lama entered a shopping mall he has said:
-
Wow, So many things I do not need!!
Don Draper
is the hero of the series.
He is the
ultimate romantic figure.
Charming,
smart, handsome, secretive, cool, perhaps somewhat cold, determined and fair, well...for
most of the time.
He is
married, but I think I can say that he is involved with a good number of women,
this constituting part of his dark side.
There are
secrets that he keeps away from everyone, but the audience and some characters
find out about his past.
-
I am not what I am
-
Othello: act 1, scene 1, page 3
Without being
an Iago, Don Draper has managed to hide the fact that in his past, he took
another identity.
And indeed,
part of the charm and the incentive of watching these exceptional seven seasons
is trying to learn more and perhaps understand something more about this ambiguous,
sometimes rather sad man.
There are
other very interesting characters in this excellent production and so many
memorable moments.
Accidents,
divorces, romances, sex and betrayal, eccentricities, politics, creativity,
fights, love and of course…advertising.
They all
feature prominently in this fabulous drama.
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