Stick with Mad Men, the characters are deeply flawed but very interesting and it's a perfect portrait of America at that period, absolutely authentic. You'll find a couple of people to root for, or at least I did. The rest I just sit back and observe as interesting depictions of how people's attitudes and lifestyles have changed in forty years.
Thanks for the tip - I'll stay with it for a while to see where it goes, and watch two Whedon alumni in Christina Hendricks and Vincent Cartheiser. Everyone seemed uber-glamorous in the first episode - more like movie stars but then I suppose they were living that kind of lifestyle.
Was Christina Hendricks in Firefly? It is funny to see Vincent Cartheiser in such a different role!
It's hard to realize sometimes how relaxed and casual we are these days, as compared to just thirty years ago. My mother was just at the last age to really buy into the whole "must be well-groomed at all times, even when sitting around in your own house". She wasn't very good at it, mind you, as she was really more of a beatnik than a mainstream type. But just enough of it lingered that I remember hearing her say stuff about coordinating purses and shoes, and always looking your best when you set foot outside the door.
Christina was in 2 episodes of Firefly and is a regular at the coventions here - I've met her 3 or 4 times now. She's just as lovely in real life and has a great bubbly character.
My mum grew up in the late forties & fifties and influenced me with her love of old movies (particularly musicals and Cary Grant). I did go through a phase of wearing a beautiful old coat of hers, really long with a sort of shawl collar - I probably looked ridiculous but it felt wonderful!
I did enjoy the film although it's a bit long and grim. Daniel Day Lewis deserves every award he has earned as he is in virtually every scene and manages to make a thoroughly unpleasant individual sympathetic. The last few things I've seen have all been pretty dark - I need to sit down with a light fluffy comedy!!
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It's hard to realize sometimes how relaxed and casual we are these days, as compared to just thirty years ago. My mother was just at the last age to really buy into the whole "must be well-groomed at all times, even when sitting around in your own house". She wasn't very good at it, mind you, as she was really more of a beatnik than a mainstream type. But just enough of it lingered that I remember hearing her say stuff about coordinating purses and shoes, and always looking your best when you set foot outside the door.
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My mum grew up in the late forties & fifties and influenced me with her love of old movies (particularly musicals and Cary Grant). I did go through a phase of wearing a beautiful old coat of hers, really long with a sort of shawl collar - I probably looked ridiculous but it felt wonderful!
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I did enjoy the film although it's a bit long and grim. Daniel Day Lewis deserves every award he has earned as he is in virtually every scene and manages to make a thoroughly unpleasant individual sympathetic. The last few things I've seen have all been pretty dark - I need to sit down with a light fluffy comedy!!
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