Tonight's Mad Men

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Fabulous episode, as always, though I would just like to say...

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....that contrary to how it may appear if you take Mad Men and AtS into consideration, not all British men grow up terrorised by fathers who have beards, use a walking stick and have a bad case of Competitive Dad Syndrome.

Really.

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[angearia.livejournal.com]

I remain skeptical.

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Not surprising given how often the cliche crops up. :(

[angearia.livejournal.com]

It doesn't help that I've spent so much time in the Jossverse where the Daddy issues hibernate for the winter and make merry in the spring. (Of course, this totally contradicts my very good real life relationship with my dad.)

I wonder how badly the way we view life is shaped on the cliches and stereotypes expressed in TV? That can't be good.

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I daresay it's a bit of a vicious circle.

[quinara]

*nods emphatically*

I love how you and I both had to make the exact same post (almost) after that episode. Because come on, Hollywood!

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This is the first time that I think Mad Men has struck a really duff note. I'm really disappointed. I hope Lane Pryce has just been shuffled off the scene permanently.

[sentine.livejournal.com]

You know, your reviews of Mad Men made me watch the show (just like True Blood!). Except that I loved it so much that I couldn't help but watch the four seasons almost in a row.

So, thank you for that :)

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:) Glad to be of service, and glad you like it. It is (mostly) wonderful, isn't it? I think that's why I was so disappointed when this ep struck such a duff note.

[danna7001.livejournal.com]

It is a strange simililarity, isn't it? Over here, there would be no walking stick.

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You know, going by television, you have to wonder why men want sons at all. They just seem to hate them and regard them as rivals.

[vampirefever.livejournal.com]

I also had a Wesley flashback watching poor old Lane get whacked.

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It was uncannily similar.

[kidcyclone.livejournal.com]

Do all nasty English dads have the surname 'Pryce'?

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Quite possibly. ;)

[yourlibrarian]

Heh, when I discussed the episode a few months back this same issue leaped out at me -- not so much that it was a stereotype as they seemed to be drawing on the very same guy.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed.