Janet McCabe and Kim Akass
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Postmodern Irony?
Does not Mad Men say more about postmodernity than parody alone? Mad Men plunders the past and fetishizes the 1960s. Postmodernity is predicated on nostalgia- a longing for imagined times. Maybe this is why the slippage between parody and irony seems more ... -
Simpsons' parody
Yes, isn't this a good one? It's a pity we can't view 'Don Draper's Guide to Picking up Women' from Britain- I'm sure that's good too... ... -
Our Modern Existentialist Hero
Given that in the UK we have just left Don sitting alone by the pool in California while his suitcase turns up home alone, this narrative denouement is quite a turnaround. Wow! Following on from everyone else, identifying our hero from the forgotten gene ... -
Don/Dick the Korean war veteran
Allison, great post and wonderful clip. My eyes nearly popped out of my head at this narrative development, something I had not seen coming but conversely something that makes perfect sense of Don's character and why he is so 'closed'. It ... -
Peggy and Joan response
Thanks everyone for some really thoughtful and thought-provoking contributions. We are still waiting for the end of season two over here in Britain- and, as usual, are behind in narrative events. We can't wait to see what happens in the light of y ... -
The Falling Man
This is a particularly interesting post as we have been discussing the effect of 9/11 on the opening credits quite recently. As Allison says, this is quite a chilling piece of film. Especially as, since the original live footage of the tragedy, the fal ... -
The Terror Dream
This is an addendum to our last comment, but I wanted to thank Gary for reminding us how Mad Men works as a post-9/11 text- about cultural trauma, about memory, about forgetfulness. While I agree with Frank, about how the series plunders past iconic image ... -
Technological Advances
Jeremy's post reminds us, once again, of just how cinematic contemporary US television looks. Such observations pose serious challenges for us as scholars: how do we theorize the new TV aesthetic; and how do we identify the formal properties and open ... -
And yet after Tony's
And yet after Tony's shooting and recovery he seems to be the one most in touch with his feminine side (due to Carmela's ministrations maybe). It occurs to us that the closer the mobsters get to their femininity, the harsher and more bloody the ... -
You are absolutely right,
You are absolutely right, feminism is probably last on Chase's list of priorities when writing these scenes but they do show a relationship between women (particularly mother and daughter) that replicates how judgemental feminism can be. Who needs me ...