I love the show “Mad Men”, which plays on AMC, their first foray into the big leagues for original programming, and to me at least, and others since they won several emmies already, a home run thus far and a signal to go ahead with more original programming, in the steps of HBO and Showtime both of which have some excellent original series that blow right past the typical non cable programming.

Mad Men is all about a time past, the late fifties and early sixties, where fuller figured women were revered, breasts were still catpivating men, and sexism unfortunately was accepted, even in the work place.  The show unabashedly shows men in higher positions demeaning and degrading the women that work for them, and also shows their objectification of women, but it also shows a turning point in an era past, with the women starting to get fed up with it, and questioning what more there is to life than cooking their man a meal and being a stay at home mother and wife.

One of the characters on the show is a very busty, full figured redhead named Joan.  She’s an interesting character, because she is a man-killer and has many gentleman callers, including the co owner of the ad agency she works for, but she still has a resillience and toughness that we can admire as a woman, even if she is considered “loose” by today’s and yesterday’s standards, she’s a breath of fresh air because she takes what she wants, is single, and has an unapologetic sex appeal and air about her for not apologizing for going after exactly what she wants.

If you don’t watch the show, you really might want to start.  It’s excellently written, and breathtaking to watch.  I have to admit, half of the enjoyment of watching it is the vivid colors and images fo an era that is remembered fondly as an age of innocence (although as you see from the show’s situations, it’s not really all that innocent at times), but it’s a time before rampant drug problems, teenaged sex running rampant, and early drinking and drug use, not to mention a loss of innocence just in hearing about things and knowing things that children should only know when they’re ready. 

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