Monday, July 28, 2008

HALF AN AVOCADO STUFFED WITH CRABMEAT: We here at ALOTT5MA are new to this whole Mad Men phenomenon -- and I am rather curious as to what the marketing expense per new viewer will turn out to have been -- but having watched all of Season One in the span of about a week, I am officially up to date and ready to dip a pinky toe into the new stuff for the first time.

For the actual analysis, I'll refer you to Alan Sepinwall's thoughts on the season premiere. For me, the fun of the premiere was noticing all of the interesting tidbits that were tucked into the episode without explanation or comment. There were little ones, like the quick shot way at the beginning of a lock being installed on Don's office door and the kid showing up in a sweater for his interview (it just goes to show you that Gen Y isn't the first generation receiving complaints about inappropriate office attire). And there were bigger ones, like Salvatore's new living arrangements (all that in just the 15 months since his dinner with the Belle Jolie guy?) and Don's lack of surprise upon arriving home to find no dinner awaiting him.


Relatedly but unrelatedly: you always hear about the finishing school accent that Jacqueline Bouvier brought to her marriage to Jack Kennedy -- and how. Can you imagine that going over like anything but a lead balloon today?

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