Advertising revolves around happiness and happiness could be anything such as a billboard whose brand personifies and reassures your actions.
It would be an understatement to say that I am not a Maddict. In other words, an addict of Mad Men, a show about a popular Madison Avenue advertising agency set in the early sixties. It depicts the changing moods and social movements of the sixties America. I personally think it is a reservoir of quality TV that gets people to think. The thing that gets the viewer to think is the total lack of emotion or real human intimacy, be it sexual or otherwise that exists between the characters. That is to say everybody is obsessed with how things appear while avoiding the obvious, which seems ideal for a set of people whose lives revolve around the endless creation of image and facade.
But what is funny is that the series Mad Men comprises of combination of power, sexuality, power, repression with only a silent knowledge of changes on the horizon. It is even more funny that the children of some friends of mine who identify themselves with the series have taken up to secretly posting Mad Men oriented avatars of themselves on the popular social media network Facebook. This further exemplifies the fact that the show has a strong brand identity that makes today’s youth go to the extent of identifying personalities from their parents' generation.
According to Wikipedia, Mad Men is an American television drama created and produced by Matthew Weiner. It is produced by Lions Gate Television and was premiered on July 2007. According to a 2011 Miller Tabak and Company estimate published in Barrons, Lions Gate Entertainment receives an estimated $2.71 million from the American cable network AMC for each episode, a little less than the $2.84 million each episode costs to produce. Mad Men has received critical acclaim, particularly for its historical authenticity and visual style, and has won multiple awards, including thirteen Emmys and four Golden Globes. It is the first basic cable series to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning it in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Like many other Mad Maniacs, I try and watch most episodes a second time if time permits. This justifies my faith in the show and why it is currently the finest drama on television. It would be a lot better if people started producing similar dramas that have subtle humor blended with investigative and innovative journalism that gets people to think. For people who grew up in the sixties particularly in and around New York, this serial would be a trip down memory lane. Almost every character brings back primal memories as each of them have their flaws that helps the viewer to identify themselves with the character. All sorts of things we would rather avoid yet find tempting is a key theme of the show. Hence, it is no doubt that style and sexiness are a part of the show.
Summarizing, I like the serial for its almost perfect and suggestive recreation of the sixties and the philosophy that accompanies it. While the brand identity remains almost the same, it evolves with each series retaining its basics so as to not meddle with an award winning formula.
Why are you waiting…….. go watch the show today !
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, April 12, 2010
Ten Ideas
Nobody Is Man Enough
If you are bachelor, you might think I am not man enough. But the beauty is that nobody is man enough. Some people feel that Osama Bin Laden is Laden with shit and is changing places every week not because US President George Bush will find him, but because his wife will reach him.
Bush didn't abandon the flag during the shoe onslaught
Our glorious leader, General Pubes was recently caught in a shoe incident in Iraq. A quick viewing of the video certainly leaves one with the impression that the Chosen One actively dodged the shoe, thereby allowing it to strike the “Stars And Stripes”, thereby desecrating its holy cloth with the stink of islamunistofascist footwear.
Hollywood decides to go public
It has been decided that due to the exhorbitant prices charged by the Hollywood stalwarts, producers have decide to list them at Wall Street. Now, their prices will be decided as per market listings and as per the market value, their share prices command at the time of signing a new picture
Two squashed balls.
Fat men's balls are always being smashed as there is nowhere for them to run to and nowhere to hide. A fat man's penis will suck up into his body cavity, but the balls are left behind to fend for themselves. So they are always aching and always sweating and it's just disgusting. Sometimes they get pulled up on top of all the fat and flab, but they aren't at rest because they're being pulled too far out of place.
Christian Anti-Defamation Commission
There is a gay and secular fascism in the country that wants to impose its will on the rest of the people. Those in anti-homosexual ministries are vilified for working to deny basic human rights to the unbelievers who refuse to submit to our religious laws.
Arseholes have been elected boss and get public attention
Arseholes went on strike this morning and refused to do their daily work. Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered. Eventually a “motion” was passed that the arsehole be the control center or the “boss” of the body. The other parts had little choice but to do all the work while the boss just sat and passed out the shit!
Prostitute goes on strike
A policeman arrested a prostitute in the Hospital area and was taken to court this morning. Her lawyer vehemently denied that she was a prostitute and that she had been contracted to finish a job at the newly built laboratory. When asked to be specific, the lawyer replied that she was a “social engineer” and her specialty was to build and destroy erections. However, the judge has decided to issue taxes on the Social Engineer, as it was understood that she had not paid any taxes
Why India supported John McCain for the 2008 presidential election
India extended their support to John McCain, when he publicly announced, last Friday, about his grand outsourcing plan. If elected president, John McCain said that he would immediately begin to outsource the cabinet and their respective agencies. McCain re-iterated that the Housing department will be placed with an Indian call center as he felt that the Indians seem to know far better what is missing in the housing scene throughout America these days. Besides, they apparently also have the funds to manage the department and its problems, with their casinos bulging with cash. Besides, the natural skill of these people to manage and stay out of global conflicts was amazing, according to the Senator from Arizona.
Salman Rushdie Is Once Again On The Prowl in Midtown
Sir Salman Rushdie was recently spotted having a drink with an attractive thing in downtown Manhattan. It was said that he was not being able to work as it was one of the terrible byproducts of his breakup with Padma Lakshmi. Salman has described the split as a "nuclear bomb dropped in his living room when you're trying to work. Perhaps, he feels that socializing might help him relax and get himself out of the system, after a day of slogging and groom himself for another grueling day
Both Osama bin Laden and Bush have something in common
When asked what the issue was, secret service officials played down the issue. When pressed for an answer, it was discovered that the answer was crabs. It was discovered both Osama and crabs tend to irritate Bush
If you are bachelor, you might think I am not man enough. But the beauty is that nobody is man enough. Some people feel that Osama Bin Laden is Laden with shit and is changing places every week not because US President George Bush will find him, but because his wife will reach him.
Bush didn't abandon the flag during the shoe onslaught
Our glorious leader, General Pubes was recently caught in a shoe incident in Iraq. A quick viewing of the video certainly leaves one with the impression that the Chosen One actively dodged the shoe, thereby allowing it to strike the “Stars And Stripes”, thereby desecrating its holy cloth with the stink of islamunistofascist footwear.
Hollywood decides to go public
It has been decided that due to the exhorbitant prices charged by the Hollywood stalwarts, producers have decide to list them at Wall Street. Now, their prices will be decided as per market listings and as per the market value, their share prices command at the time of signing a new picture
Two squashed balls.
Fat men's balls are always being smashed as there is nowhere for them to run to and nowhere to hide. A fat man's penis will suck up into his body cavity, but the balls are left behind to fend for themselves. So they are always aching and always sweating and it's just disgusting. Sometimes they get pulled up on top of all the fat and flab, but they aren't at rest because they're being pulled too far out of place.
Christian Anti-Defamation Commission
There is a gay and secular fascism in the country that wants to impose its will on the rest of the people. Those in anti-homosexual ministries are vilified for working to deny basic human rights to the unbelievers who refuse to submit to our religious laws.
Arseholes have been elected boss and get public attention
Arseholes went on strike this morning and refused to do their daily work. Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered. Eventually a “motion” was passed that the arsehole be the control center or the “boss” of the body. The other parts had little choice but to do all the work while the boss just sat and passed out the shit!
Prostitute goes on strike
A policeman arrested a prostitute in the Hospital area and was taken to court this morning. Her lawyer vehemently denied that she was a prostitute and that she had been contracted to finish a job at the newly built laboratory. When asked to be specific, the lawyer replied that she was a “social engineer” and her specialty was to build and destroy erections. However, the judge has decided to issue taxes on the Social Engineer, as it was understood that she had not paid any taxes
Why India supported John McCain for the 2008 presidential election
India extended their support to John McCain, when he publicly announced, last Friday, about his grand outsourcing plan. If elected president, John McCain said that he would immediately begin to outsource the cabinet and their respective agencies. McCain re-iterated that the Housing department will be placed with an Indian call center as he felt that the Indians seem to know far better what is missing in the housing scene throughout America these days. Besides, they apparently also have the funds to manage the department and its problems, with their casinos bulging with cash. Besides, the natural skill of these people to manage and stay out of global conflicts was amazing, according to the Senator from Arizona.
Salman Rushdie Is Once Again On The Prowl in Midtown
Sir Salman Rushdie was recently spotted having a drink with an attractive thing in downtown Manhattan. It was said that he was not being able to work as it was one of the terrible byproducts of his breakup with Padma Lakshmi. Salman has described the split as a "nuclear bomb dropped in his living room when you're trying to work. Perhaps, he feels that socializing might help him relax and get himself out of the system, after a day of slogging and groom himself for another grueling day
Both Osama bin Laden and Bush have something in common
When asked what the issue was, secret service officials played down the issue. When pressed for an answer, it was discovered that the answer was crabs. It was discovered both Osama and crabs tend to irritate Bush
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