Lindsay and I were chatting yesterday about the conversation Draper had with his kid in last week's
Mad Men. While talking about his dad, Draper said, "And his candy, it tasted like violence. In a beautiful silver and purple package." Whoa! Or at least that's what
I thought he said. It actually was probably
violets not
violence, a reference to
C. Howards violet gum and mints. Lindsay
posted the video, so judge for yourself. Sure, it sounds more like
violets, but I
still feel it was intentionally oblique. (More esoterica: It reminds me of Malkmus eliding
career and
korea in "Cut Your Hair.")
A career
in Korea
being insincere...
not a good episode. why spend SO MUCH time on peggy's cartoonish sister? and i agree about the zaniness with the girl in the office. next thing they'll get a pregnant lady stuck in the elevator.
the whole episode made me feel like when the people i follow on twitter won't stop talking about their kids. like: what else is on?
I agree about this episode, but am also sorta hoping that it's all set-up material that will pay off later.
One thing I've noticed: they try a little too hard to make each episode about a single idea. They package the episodes individually a little too tightly...