I found it interesting that the Mad Men episode this season in which Marti Noxon and Cathryn Humphris collaborated should turn out the be the most soap operatic episode yet. I couldn't help thinking about two other stories Noxon and Humphris had penned, "New Moon Rising" and "Sex and Violence" respectively ( Read more... )
I started watching "Life on Mars" this week and within an episode began thinking of Mad Men and why this particular series should be the latest effort of American producers to redo a British show. And it seems to me the reason is pernicious. Don't get me wrong, I think both series are worth watching and Mad Men in particular is very well written. But it's rather interesting how the historical settings conveniently allow for the expression of viewpoints and exclusion of people that white male writers would
prefer to indulge in (or not).