Mad Men Season One: Thoughts
Somehow I've gotten very behind on television the last few years. Fortunately, DVD-by-mail services are a good way to catch up, and one series that T and I are watching right now is Mad Men. We started awhile ago, then got stalled when it took GreenCine (from which we recently switched to Netflix) six months to send us the second disc of Season One
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I agree with you that the entire cast is, for the most part, flawed and oftentimes downright cruel. But I think their realism assures they're not entirely unsympathetic. Real people are selfish and unstable and stupid all the time. I may not have a single character I feel I can really cheer for or relate to -- but I think that's understandable as it's a show full of antiheroes. And, as far as I've watched, (missed the last two seasons -- argh) each of them have episodes in which they're elevated and others in which they are smacked the hell down. It's a very neutral show -- and I absolutely agree with you that it's more about 'interesting things to say' about ism rather than committing to exactly dismantling them. Though it does do some of the latter, it often goes about it in a subtle way and because *none* of the characters are Proper, Good Heroes, the message can get twisted ( ... )
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I think the fact that all the characters are consciously written as anti-heroes helps a lot. If I thought I were suppose to like them, or that they were supposed to be some sort of role models, then the show would be dead in the water for me. Making the characters interesting but mostly unsympathetic (except for Peggy, for me, and/or in flashes) is the best choice for a show like this, I think.
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