tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696956101824934089.post5002739735563450481..comments2024-03-12T16:53:52.795-04:00Comments on Crypto-Catholic Libertine: The Better Half metacommentaryJules Aiméhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262535377454858987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696956101824934089.post-63986804322876604802013-05-28T12:38:20.984-04:002013-05-28T12:38:20.984-04:00"It's not that you can't believe that..."It's not that you can't believe that style is the shallow pursuit of empty trappings...The problem is this: no one who really believed that would have spent the last six seasons watching Mad Men."<br /><br />Yes, so we were misled, it wasn't all about style in the first few seasons. We thought--and it appeared--that there was more substance there or the potential for it. Not only in the content but also in the production values. Remember the great camera shots reminiscent of Hitchcock in the early years, they haven't done anything that creative in years. I know several people who were Mad Men devotees for the first few years, who have gradually stopped watching it or they watch it only sporadically. I don't get the same kick I got watching it in Seasons 1-3, either. They've resorted to cliches. <br /><br />Also, the show and the man are not interchangeable. The show is about the man, so you can have a show with integrity that is true to its mission about a man completely lacking in integrity. BobinCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349641483981235572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696956101824934089.post-90177837147494499352013-05-28T12:32:17.970-04:002013-05-28T12:32:17.970-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.BobinCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349641483981235572noreply@blogger.com