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May. 9th, 2012 06:49 pmMad Men--great as always. I LOVE how dark this season has been! ( Spoilers )
Last night's episode took place in late October of 1966 and I'm ticking off the historical markers to come in my head--less than a year until the Summer of Love, less than 2 years until the RFK and King assassinations, less than 3 until Woodstock and the Manson murders. Just 2 years for the heyday and fall of the counterculture.
I have to say, I'm really getting sick of the constant criticism of every actress who isn't Peggy/Elizabeth Moss or Joan/Christina Hendricks. Jessica Pare is doing a fine job as Megan and although I'm not terribly interested in her character, I certainly not going to whine and moan about how MW & Co. are "hitting us over the head with how wonderful Megan is" and how she's a "Mary Sue." (God, I'm over that term. A Mary Sue is a specific *thing,* not just any female character who isn't a bitch. You can't win. The vitriol that Megan's character gets is part of what I call the Ginny Weasely syndrome, when the Hero's GF/wife is introduced at a later time, and the fans are jealous. Ginny REALLY couldn't win--she was trashed for being both a Mary Sue AND a bitch.) The posters on TWoP are so efffing obnoxious sometimes, and the scrutiny given to *any* female character except the designated Awesome One(s) is so inherently misogynistic. You saw this on The X Files as well--Scully was the Designated Awesome One and poor Annabeth Gish as Reyes could never ever measure up. January Jones/Betty got this kind of hatred as well, and Alexis Bledel as Beth last night also got routinely trashed. All of them are terrific. So-called fans need to hold female characetrs to the same level of scrutiny as the male characters--no more, no less. If Don and fucking PETE get love, so should the ladies.
I spent the weekend (most of it) in Philadelphia, visiting my brother and his family. He and his wife have 20 month old twins and they are PRECIOUS. Little fairy-haired, blue-eyed blonde cherubs, just like Freddie and Flossie Bobbsey. Absolutely gorgeous. Philly is a fun city, actually--lots of museums and a huge park. Erik lives in a good neighborhood within walking distance of some great museums--we wandered around and had lunch at a Mexican place nearby. Yesterday we went to see the Liberty Bell--so cool and iconic! Amazing to see that crack. For the train ride down I bought a copy of the book version of Game of Thrones. So far it seems to be a very close adaptation. My favorite chapter is the one when
( Spoilers )
and talking to the crow. Really solid writing there. I have not been able to watch this week's episode yet, because Lori was in labor (she had her baby! A boy!) so I'll have to find a way to get it online, although Amazon and iTunes only seem to have last season.
Lots of softball this weekend--FOUR games! Then I'm hanging out with my soccer team Saturday night--birthday celebration, and we're doing karaoke.
Last night's episode took place in late October of 1966 and I'm ticking off the historical markers to come in my head--less than a year until the Summer of Love, less than 2 years until the RFK and King assassinations, less than 3 until Woodstock and the Manson murders. Just 2 years for the heyday and fall of the counterculture.
I have to say, I'm really getting sick of the constant criticism of every actress who isn't Peggy/Elizabeth Moss or Joan/Christina Hendricks. Jessica Pare is doing a fine job as Megan and although I'm not terribly interested in her character, I certainly not going to whine and moan about how MW & Co. are "hitting us over the head with how wonderful Megan is" and how she's a "Mary Sue." (God, I'm over that term. A Mary Sue is a specific *thing,* not just any female character who isn't a bitch. You can't win. The vitriol that Megan's character gets is part of what I call the Ginny Weasely syndrome, when the Hero's GF/wife is introduced at a later time, and the fans are jealous. Ginny REALLY couldn't win--she was trashed for being both a Mary Sue AND a bitch.) The posters on TWoP are so efffing obnoxious sometimes, and the scrutiny given to *any* female character except the designated Awesome One(s) is so inherently misogynistic. You saw this on The X Files as well--Scully was the Designated Awesome One and poor Annabeth Gish as Reyes could never ever measure up. January Jones/Betty got this kind of hatred as well, and Alexis Bledel as Beth last night also got routinely trashed. All of them are terrific. So-called fans need to hold female characetrs to the same level of scrutiny as the male characters--no more, no less. If Don and fucking PETE get love, so should the ladies.
I spent the weekend (most of it) in Philadelphia, visiting my brother and his family. He and his wife have 20 month old twins and they are PRECIOUS. Little fairy-haired, blue-eyed blonde cherubs, just like Freddie and Flossie Bobbsey. Absolutely gorgeous. Philly is a fun city, actually--lots of museums and a huge park. Erik lives in a good neighborhood within walking distance of some great museums--we wandered around and had lunch at a Mexican place nearby. Yesterday we went to see the Liberty Bell--so cool and iconic! Amazing to see that crack. For the train ride down I bought a copy of the book version of Game of Thrones. So far it seems to be a very close adaptation. My favorite chapter is the one when
( Spoilers )
and talking to the crow. Really solid writing there. I have not been able to watch this week's episode yet, because Lori was in labor (she had her baby! A boy!) so I'll have to find a way to get it online, although Amazon and iTunes only seem to have last season.
Lots of softball this weekend--FOUR games! Then I'm hanging out with my soccer team Saturday night--birthday celebration, and we're doing karaoke.
