On "Mad Men", We Are All Sally Draper

na | 01-29-2012 | OrangeHoof

[Chickensoup]

I started watching it from beginning to the end of season five. Have been enjoying the lives and the times. I have six on Netflix and will watch 7 when available. First Television I have watched in close to thirty years.

I was thinking of the Sopranos next then I will try Boardwalk Empire. Thanks for the tip.

I had not paid attention to the Mad Men threads on FR because I didn’t watch. Wanted to see how my favorite people reacted to the show.

[OrangeHoof]

If you watch Boardwalk Empire, you’ll enjoy it even more if you read the episode recaps of Anthony Venutolo of the Newark Star-Ledger afterwards because he researches and fills in the meanings of buzzwords and catchphrases of the time that are spoken haphazardly as well as points out real-life places and events that are mentioned on the show but not dwelt upon.

For example, the butler meets a mobster at an Atlantic City pub and this guy’s column will tell you that the pub still exists and here’s where you can find it today in Atlantic City and the social strata that hung out there back in the 1920s, etc. There’s a lot of really good background that makes the show seem more like The History Channel and less like a drama (which it still is).

Also, do a quick search on Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, the person that Nucky Thompson is based on. He “ran” Atlantic City for decades despite not being a mayor or governor. The screenwriters decided to make Thompson fictional because the show would have no drama if everything was already known. Plus, they could add plot twists that the real Nucky never encountered.

Being an HBO series, be prepared for more nudity, sex, gore, profanity and disturbing scenes than in Mad Men. But it is still an outstanding historical drama if you can overlook that.

[Chickensoup]

Thank you! I will check this all out!