So I've read this again, and I'm still not coherent other that to goggle at how awesome this is, and metaphorically clutch it gleefully close to my heart, but. Here goes:
I love the title to bits; the lietmotif of Don's door, of permission - and exclusion - of crossing a boundary, and what being on the outside of that boundary means to Pete, causing him to create this mythical Don, this fantasy that builds and builds... It's so beautifully tied together, and yet is completely organic, and unobtrusive.
What does it take to have a drink with the man?
Pete gets the next round.LOVE. One of the things I found hardest to deal with about the show when it first started was how relentlessly it showed you all the things going on uder each character's perfect facade. There's always more than one level, and everyone - Don, Pete, Peggy - all have to operate on all these levels simultaneously, knowing that no other person will ever completely understand them. Pete's phantom-Don is his way of dealing, of getting closer, and yet, he's perfectly
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I love the title to bits; the lietmotif of Don's door, of permission - and exclusion - of crossing a boundary, and what being on the outside of that boundary means to Pete, causing him to create this mythical Don, this fantasy that builds and builds... It's so beautifully tied together, and yet is completely organic, and unobtrusive.
What does it take to have a drink with the man?
Pete gets the next round.LOVE. One of the things I found hardest to deal with about the show when it first started was how relentlessly it showed you all the things going on uder each character's perfect facade. There's always more than one level, and everyone - Don, Pete, Peggy - all have to operate on all these levels simultaneously, knowing that no other person will ever completely understand them. Pete's phantom-Don is his way of dealing, of getting closer, and yet, he's perfectly ( ... )
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