This episode seemed to be about exploring the idea of the future. Not the exact future from then, just the idea of having a future, be it good or bad. Is there a tipping point for these characters coming in the future? Who knows. But I think that was the whole emphasis on the Heinz campaign; to set us up and lay the foundation for the symbolic theme for the episode, that of exploring the idea of future.
Peggy: had the idea of future. Not what she imagines but this episode was for her all centered on the idea of future.
We had Sally in two degrees be a look into the future. All kids' future is about becoming adult and this was what her being a little over dressed was about. And I think to a different degree as well with the whole witnessing Roger thing, and with someone she apparently liked and had fun with, Marie, and then her subsequent phone call to Glenn about the city being dirty. Her future like any kid's will be about also learning the unfortunate sides of life.
And at the very end, which very well could be the most important part of the episode but we'll have to see, we saw Don have what may be a look into his own future, the last words of the episode in chatting, where he seems to find out things won't be the same since his letter.
It delves into the idea of phonies in life: the guy tells Don, "They'll decorate your desk with awards but they won't do business with you." Phony. Ironically, that was the gist of the pre-game chat between Roger and Don; the phoniness of Don's letter.
Oops. There goes irony rearing it's head again.
And then maybe an element of phoniness in the whole Mad Men tag of "things aren't what they seem," again in Megan's mother who Sally had a fun time shopping with along with Megan.
Aside: Did you notice the role reversal issue of Megan and Peggy? Megan is supposed to marry the boss and be the happy homemaker and Peggy the working girl. Who was the working girl and who was the homemaker? Interesting.
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This episode seemed to be about exploring the idea of the future. Not the exact future from then, just the idea of having a future, be it good or bad. Is there a tipping point for these characters coming in the future? Who knows. But I think that was the whole emphasis on the Heinz campaign; to set us up and lay the foundation for the symbolic theme for the episode, that of exploring the idea of future.
Peggy: had the idea of future. Not what she imagines but this episode was for her all centered on the idea of future.
We had Sally in two degrees be a look into the future. All kids' future is about becoming adult and this was what her being a little over dressed was about. And I think to a different degree as well with the whole witnessing Roger thing, and with someone she apparently liked and had fun with, Marie, and then her subsequent phone call to Glenn about the city being dirty. Her future like any kid's will be about also learning the unfortunate sides of life.
And at the very end, which very well could be the most important part of the episode but we'll have to see, we saw Don have what may be a look into his own future, the last words of the episode in chatting, where he seems to find out things won't be the same since his letter.
It delves into the idea of phonies in life: the guy tells Don, "They'll decorate your desk with awards but they won't do business with you." Phony. Ironically, that was the gist of the pre-game chat between Roger and Don; the phoniness of Don's letter.
Oops. There goes irony rearing it's head again.
And then maybe an element of phoniness in the whole Mad Men tag of "things aren't what they seem," again in Megan's mother who Sally had a fun time shopping with along with Megan.
Aside: Did you notice the role reversal issue of Megan and Peggy? Megan is supposed to marry the boss and be the happy homemaker and Peggy the working girl. Who was the working girl and who was the homemaker? Interesting.
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