Dixie - In Memoriam
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I've just now gotten caught up. I don't have cable, so I have to download the torrents. It's interesting that what I predicted would be the story line for some young aspiring black artist, was pretty much the exact story line they used for the Jew. There was an episode early on, with a well-to-do black gay guy giving a party... never figured out who he was, or why they had to make him a homosexual in order to be black and successful... it seemed kind of odd. I guess we are supposed to accept that this is how things were, if you were gay and black, there wasn't any prejudice, people just gathered at your house for parties and such? Blacks in the actual advertising biz, are still relegated to the secretarial pool....they are just now allowing Jews in creative.
I loved it that the Jaguar wouldn't start for Lane. It's not often you chuckle during a suicide scene, but that made me LOL. You know Jaguar has got to LOVE the constant references to how shitty their cars are, and that twist was just apropos.... what are the odds of a brand new XK7 not starting? Hated to see Lane depart this way, but he always seemed to be the character that didn't fit the show, and I felt that way from the first time he appeared. In that respect, I suppose it was fitting and proper.
I don't know how I feel about Joan now. Going back to what I said before I watched this season, it is somewhat offensive how they portray these women who seemingly have only one thing going for them, which manages to get them everything they want in the end. Couldn't it have been just as plausible that Joan's immeasurable office management skill was realized as things became a clusterfuck in her absence? It was as if, they couldn't make her a "jr. partner" unless she slept her way into the position. Again, more of the liberal stereotyping. Then there is what they did with the Peggy character.... it makes no sense, women were willing to hop in bed and prostitute themselves, that was fine... but to have money thrown in your face? Pft! Forget that! I'm taking a job for $19k a year instead of your measly $18k! Way to show the boys, Peg! I mean, I guess I was expecting the guy who interviewed her to want some favor in return, that's usually how that worked, right? Peggy was a woman, and merely a sex object not appreciated for her brain, right? That's clearly the stereotype, but they veered away from it... nooo... Peggy is a brilliant copywriter who is worthy of $19k a year. LMAO.
I like that the Sally character is more robust in the script, I think there is a whole TV series there, in the perspectives of a child growing up in that environment. I have always gotten a 'creepy' feeling about her BF, Glen, though. There's just something not right about him. Anyone else?
I loved it that the Jaguar wouldn't start for Lane. It's not often you chuckle during a suicide scene, but that made me LOL. You know Jaguar has got to LOVE the constant references to how shitty their cars are, and that twist was just apropos.... what are the odds of a brand new XK7 not starting? Hated to see Lane depart this way, but he always seemed to be the character that didn't fit the show, and I felt that way from the first time he appeared. In that respect, I suppose it was fitting and proper.
I don't know how I feel about Joan now. Going back to what I said before I watched this season, it is somewhat offensive how they portray these women who seemingly have only one thing going for them, which manages to get them everything they want in the end. Couldn't it have been just as plausible that Joan's immeasurable office management skill was realized as things became a clusterfuck in her absence? It was as if, they couldn't make her a "jr. partner" unless she slept her way into the position. Again, more of the liberal stereotyping. Then there is what they did with the Peggy character.... it makes no sense, women were willing to hop in bed and prostitute themselves, that was fine... but to have money thrown in your face? Pft! Forget that! I'm taking a job for $19k a year instead of your measly $18k! Way to show the boys, Peg! I mean, I guess I was expecting the guy who interviewed her to want some favor in return, that's usually how that worked, right? Peggy was a woman, and merely a sex object not appreciated for her brain, right? That's clearly the stereotype, but they veered away from it... nooo... Peggy is a brilliant copywriter who is worthy of $19k a year. LMAO.
I like that the Sally character is more robust in the script, I think there is a whole TV series there, in the perspectives of a child growing up in that environment. I have always gotten a 'creepy' feeling about her BF, Glen, though. There's just something not right about him. Anyone else?
