#even the most crass characters on mad men don't really make you uncomfortable. They don't say anything that makes your skin crawl | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

chewwytwee · 4 months ago

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Okay so i reallllly like mad men, but something that's been bothering my entire watchthrough is how nice they make it look to live in the 50s. It borders on revisionism with how kind and socially conscious all of the characters in the show are. When watching the sopranos you didn't really get the feeling that you wanted to be in the mob, not just because of the stakes but because the people and culture are bad. Tony Sopano literally chases a black kid out of his home because he hates the idea of his daughter dating a black guy, but the show set in the 50s and 60s is too afraid to touch any social issues besides a vague pro-feminist 'women can be just as good as men in their own way!'.

#.txt #the second world war is probably the most present political event in the show but even that is like #just set dressing to make a sad backstory #I think that a show set in the 50s could point out just how little we've really changed socially since then #the way we view and treat women may be different but the positions women are expected to fill are still lesser #point out the way that public schooling failed and still does fail to properly serve poor black neighborhoods in NYC #for all of the amazing production I feel as if the cultural forces of the 50s don't have much bearing on the story #like the decision to see a psychiatrist is a CONSTANT battle in the sopranos #but its like. a pretty ancillary plot point in mad men #idk ill have to see the entire show but I'm genuinely shocked at how much more present the sopranos feels in the real world #granted the sopranos was made and set in the same time period #but especially when youre putting so much time into researching design and aesthetics why didnt you research the real cultural issues #even the most crass characters on mad men don't really make you uncomfortable. They don't say anything that makes your skin crawl #and I think thats a failure on the shows part to accurately portray cultural conflicts

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