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posted by DR76

The following article was written after I first saw the Season Four episode, (4.09) "Beautiful Girls":

MATTHEW WEINER, "MAD MEN" AND ISSUES

Ever since the characters Roger Sterling and Joan Harris were mugged by an African-American man in the Season Four episode of "MAD MEN", (4.09) "The Beautiful Girls", the topic of race in the series reared its head again. The ironic thing is that many of the series' fans and the media still refuse to criticize the series' creator, Matthew Weiner, for the series' minimal exploration of race. Instead, they believe that Weiner will gradually get into the issue...

"MAD MEN": "Wanted or Not - An 'Emancipated' Divorcee"

posted by DR76

I first wrote this article after viewing the "MAD MEN" Season Three finale, (3.13) "Shut the Door, Have a Seat":

“MAD MEN”: "WANTED OR NOT - AN EMANCIPATED DIVORCEE"

One of the events of the Season Three finale of ”MAD MEN” - (3.13) “Shut the Door. Have a Seat” turned out to be Betty Draper’s decision to file a divorce from the series’ main protagonist, Don Draper. Acting as Betty’s main supporter throughout this upheaval was her almost paramour Henry Francis.

Betty had first met the aide to New York’s Republican governor, Nelson Rockefeller, in the third episode, (3.03) “My...

A Message to Matthew Weiner

posted by DR76

Dear Matthew Weiner,

I just watched (7.13) "The Milk and Honey Route" and discovered that Betty Francis was doomed for a quickie death from cancer. And all I can say is . . .

FUCK YOU.

Fuck you for this piece of contrived writing that came out of the blue, due to your neverending desire to surprise the viewers. It's bad enough that you wasted Betty's nearly decade-long character development with impending death. But you decided to kill her off in the same manner as Don's former mistress, Rachel Katz. How unoriginal can you be? After the contrived writing that surrounded Peggy Olson's original job promotion in (1.13) "The Wheel", the dumb ass FBI "investigation" of Don Draper in Season Four and your inability to create and write complex minority characters, I realized that I had enough. So again . . .

FUCK YOU.

A Few Observations of "MAD MEN: (3.09) Wee Small Hours"

posted by DR76

After viewing the Season Three episode of "MAD MEN" called (3.09) "Wee Small Hours", I came up with the following episodes:

A Few Observations of "MAD MEN: (3.09) Wee Small Hours"

*I think that from the moment Lee Garner Jr. tried and failed to seduce Sal Romano, the latter was screwed no matter what. Even if Harry Crane had immediately informed Roger or Don about Garner’s demand; or if Sal had acted professionally and told not only Don, but Roger on what happened, he was screwed. The client came first. Especially clients like Lee Garner and Conrad Hilton, who were too powerful to ignore....