Started rewatching "Mad Men" recently, just saw S01E05, the lunch where Don and his brother Adam reunite after many years, very sad scene.
Today, the marriage news of Shuangsong and Song Dynasty swiped the screen. Of course, there are beautiful love stories like fairy tales in the world. But more often, the truth of life is like "Mad Men".
This seven-season, award-winning American drama ended in 2014. At the end of the season, the protagonist Don fell into the predicament of self-recognition again. He abandoned everything to go to the seaside for spiritual meditation, and finally got the inspiration to create the classic Coca-Cola advertisement: keep it company, it's the real thing.
When I watched the first season, I had no experience in the workplace, and people were ignorant. A lot of the plot seems to be incomprehensible. What attracts me is the concept of advertising ideas sold by the series, the retro tone, the cast of handsome and beautiful dramas, the exquisite and meticulous costumes and sets, and the complicated and beautiful ending song.
Nowadays, people are almost middle-aged, and they have been crawling and rolling in the workplace for nearly ten years, and they have also experienced family life. Looking at it again, I only feel infinite sadness, because it is too real.
Throughout the whole play, the workplace, relationships, and marriage have all been said one by one. The protagonist Don had a complicated and unfortunate childhood, and when he became an adult, he unexpectedly got the opportunity to change his identity and say goodbye to the past. After the makeover, his heart is not peaceful, he has been struggling to find himself, and has been lost in it. He is noble and mean, successful but frustrated. The success of his career, the paralysis of alcohol, and the pleasure of the flesh could not relieve his inner loneliness. His past experiences have caused him to alienate from the crowd and be reluctant to open up to even the closest people, making everything unknown and disturbing to him.
There are many characters in the play, and there are many roles, but without exception, they all live in anxiety. To say which one is happy and satisfied, it may be the wise old Copper who is always calm and calm, and it may be Joan, who is full of style and finally lives an independent and wonderful life. In addition, whether it is Peggy who can finally stand on his own, Peter who was promoted to partner, Betty who remarried after divorce, Jean and Megan, two young beauties who were in the top secretary position... After a short happy life, what remains are all is eternal loneliness.
New York in the 1960s is like today's mainland China. Maybe life is like that. What you can't get is always in turmoil, and the password of happiness is the same as always: hard work + contentment. Don't ask for things that you have never and will never get, and learn to cherish the people and things around you. Hug to keep warm, keep it company, it's the real thing.
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