"I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it."
September 19
2011
Mr Bunny-verse.
Was I the only one surprised to see David Krumholtz in tonight's premiere of The Playboy Club?
Plus, a bonus guest appearance by Sean Maher!
Volo
| Cast&Crew
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| tags: david krumholtz, mr universe
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BlueEyedBrigadier | September 19, 19:21 CET
Volo | September 19, 19:31 CET
I think he looks rather suave and sexy. Appropriate given the show he's on, don't you think?
Zelikman | September 19, 20:14 CET
On a tangent, so many TV shows these days subtextually or flatout encourage alcoholism. Wouldn't say The Playboy Club hit that note quite yet, but suffice to say I'm sure I wasn't the only one enjoying a drink (or three) while watching the show.
Drakath | September 19, 20:56 CET
I remember what that period was like.
janef | September 19, 21:31 CET
Mitholas | September 20, 01:53 CET
rehabber | September 20, 02:44 CET
Jaymii | September 20, 03:08 CET
Squishy | September 20, 03:34 CET
madmolly | September 20, 04:33 CET
Melisande | September 20, 04:59 CET
F_TB | September 20, 06:19 CET
IrrationaliTV | September 20, 09:00 CET
And the Whedon men seem to be jumping on board with some interesting roles in it, would like to see more of the show and more of them.
BlueSkies | September 20, 11:02 CET
Showing a thing is not the same as endorsing it. Enough time has passed since the second wave of feminism that some degree of gender equality in laws and social outlook has become the new normal which people take for granted. It's a shock to see and hear the attitudes and behavior that were equally taken for granted fifty-plus years ago. Toning down those attitudes to make them less offensive to present day viewers would make the show far less interesting.
The three principal female characters are well drawn as individuals, but they also represent three different strategies for dealing with the rigid sex roles and inequality of the era. Each of them has to settle for less than she wants, despite her best efforts, because the deck is stacked. Mad Men also shows pretty clearly that gender privilege didn't make the men very happy either. If someone wants to know what the Second Wave of the feminist movement arose to deal with, Mad Men provides illustrations.
I grew up in a white middle class family in the late Fifties-early Sixties. The material culture of the show is accurate down to fine details. The manners and customs have been slightly exaggerated for artistic impact but are basically a true depiction of the way people of those classes behaved and thought.
The treatment of the Jewish department store owner in the first season was period accurate. The depiction of the black housekeeper seemed realistic to me but I'll defer to black people of my age or older on that.
The writers pay attention to social history across the board. The moment when Dan Draper shakes out the tablecloth and leaves all the trash from the family picnic lying there reminded me of something I had forgotten, that people had to be taught that littering is wrong and in 1959, that hadn't happened yet.
janef | September 20, 14:56 CET
Melisande | September 21, 03:14 CET
sumogrip | September 21, 06:16 CET
(how in the sweet fluffy world did I beat everybody to it on a WHEDON site?)
tharpdevenport | September 21, 11:33 CET
FloralBonnet | September 21, 11:35 CET