Which reminds me, I don’t think I watched this week’s episode. Gotta go…
When we first see the milk sloshing into the pan on the stove and Don all bleary-eyed, we think the baby has been born. But no, Don is caring for his other baby, Betty.
The scene he sees as he stands there is in his imagination. It isn’t a flashback or a memory. This is a […]
Are you excited? Only 9 days left to the launch of season 3 and judging by the number of writers who’ve Mad Men-ized their profile pictures on Facebook and Twitter I’m guessing lots of people are looking forward to August 9. And so in anticipation, I decided to do a little comparison between the pilot […]
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Like Denis, I was at the Playback Innovation Forum yesterday. Denis has got some valid criticisms of the event in his post, so I’ll go straight to the content.
James Manos Jr.
Bill Brioux interviewed James Manos Jr, who developed Dexter for television but left the series sometimes during the first season. Manos is a bit […]
Remember how Don got that apology? Matt can explains that one of the things he wanted to show in this episode was that “there’s a mercenary business quality to their interaction”. Mission accomplished.
Thematically, he says that episode is all about what married people do for each other.
Wondering what Sunday’s Mad Men episode was all about? Here’s what Matt has to say:
If you’re already watched and rewatched season one of Mad Men and remain ravenous for more, go read Jaime Weinman’s post Better Know a Writing Staff: Mad Men. Here’ are a couple of quotes:
You know why Mad Men is the perfect subject for a post like this, apart from the fact that the DVD just […]
I can’t get the show out of my head. So at the risk of boring you with more on Mad Men, I’ve put together a handy-dandy list to help you with that spec.
1. Beat out between 14 and 19 juicy sequences to lay down two or more thematically related plotlines. Read some interviews with […]
