I’m not exactly a TV series lover, actually I hardly ever watch TV. That’s why I had to do some researches on the Internet in order to find any series that I could possibly enjoy and, as a part of my English class activities at university, report my experience with it here. Guess what? I’ve found what I was looking for!
“Mad Men” might not please everyone’s taste; it is set in an advertising agency during the 1960’s, which means it has lots of historical references, old-fashioned vocabulary and its characters have some odd and unacceptable behavior for nowadays patterns. But the possibility to get to know more about one of the most influential decades to the western civilization’s behavior is exactly what got me interested in watching it.
Women were confronting the hollowness of their housewife lives, they were looking for career opportunities; whereas men were sexist, adulterous, racist and homophobic. The show description is very clear: "Ethics in the workplace, smoke-free environments, sexual harassment and ethnic diversity were workshops of the future." But all of that were about to change during the 1960’s, a decade of transformations.
Mad Men is an adult drama, an anthropological and character study but, of course, it has some moments of dark humor. For me, it’s been worth watching it.
I’d seen this review in somewhere. This is what is happening nowadays in this easy web world, we don`t create anymore (I`m not criticizing) but it is the true. It`s difficult to be original. But be original makes the difference. The difference between be one Steve Jobs, or another one in the garage.
ReplyDeleteEvery night I enjoy choosing a TV show, and stay in front of TV for one or two hours, just to relax, not to stud or practice my English, and in my opinion this makes the difference, be relaxed and enjoy, for all the others there is a Google translator or a dictionary in the Microsoft Word, this is the new world too.
I think you should double check what you say. You may not be criticizing, but accusing someone of plagiarism, which is not the case. If you like just realxing, have fun, but there are people who may take the opportunity to learn and relax at the same time. The world is really made of options! Eventualy you may succeed in yours and hopefully, someday, you'll become brave enough to say your name when you make your posts and make a more appropriate use of Google.
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ReplyDeleteI just cited a brief part of the Show's description as you can see in their facebook profile: (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2447367041). For me, it's something called quote/citation. And of course this review is not completely original, there are tons of reviews out there about the same TV series. If you still believe in originality nowadays, take a look in postmodern studies about the "death of the subject" such as this Fredric Jameson's one: (http://homepage.newschool.edu/~quigleyt)/vcs/jameson/jameson.html)
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