tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696956101824934089.post7335642830697004710..comments2024-03-12T16:53:52.795-04:00Comments on Crypto-Catholic Libertine: Mad Men: The Lady LazarusJules Aiméhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262535377454858987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696956101824934089.post-48099463199587159322012-05-08T14:12:20.772-04:002012-05-08T14:12:20.772-04:00I mean to come back to Pete and the heart on the w...I mean to come back to Pete and the heart on the window at some point, perhaps this Thursday.<br /><br />I wouldn't have noticed the Pynchon except that I get the episodes on iTunes and was able to pause it to figure it out.<br /><br />I agree with you about the Peggy plotline. The same is true of the Dick Whitman story and now the Ginsberg line about being born in a concentration camp. Perhaps this is intentional.<br /><br />I tend to agree with you about Ken but I keep hoping Pete will acquire depth. Sometimes I will remember something I did in my twenties and will involuntarily shudder, so like to think people can grow up.Jules Aiméhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08262535377454858987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696956101824934089.post-48997655923618424582012-05-08T13:18:24.053-04:002012-05-08T13:18:24.053-04:00I actually didn't notice that Pete was reading...I actually didn't notice that Pete was reading Pynchon. I agree that it's interesting that he does this, but I'm not sure I can agree that this gives him more depth than Ken. I mean, I have very little interest in fantasy or science fiction writing myself, but Ken is actually doing something creative, for himself (he didn't want to tell people about it), and is successful with it, alongside of being successful in his job and apparently in his personal relationships. Even if his hobby is kinda eccentric, I thought the revelation of it added a lot to his character.<br />Pete, even if he reads Pynchon, is being his usual creepy self. I was amazed at the part where he invites himself over to Beth's house, and even more at the part where she drew a heart on the car window. For me that was the most unbelievable thing in the whole episode.<br />Finally, even if Megan's dreams are cliché, don't people have cliché dreams all the time? I mean, I'm kind of disappointed in this plot turn also; it would be much more interesting to see her succeed at the office, and I can't imagine them incorporating her acting career very well into the plot of the show. But as long as we're imagining that these characters are real people, can you really condemn her for it?<br /><br />PS. The Peggy-pregnancy plotline is probably the ultimate vindication of your MacDuffin thesis. The whole plotline seems even more ridiculous, pointless, and frankly unrealistic now than it did then. If you look back from where the plot is now it seems almost unbelievable that that was part of the story.Gaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11691006770731341338noreply@blogger.com