The broad-brimmed headband, the princess-like tutu skirt, the angel-like tulle pajamas, the hair tails that bend inward to set off the delicate face, the light golden hair color, the gentle little collar, walking around The skirt brushed over the chair as if holding a light dream, full of a classic and elegant western style, like the kind of beauty printed on a classical print advertisement.
Is this image a perfect example of an ideal housewife in the late 1950s?
At the beginning of the series, it did not explain the male protagonist’s married status, but described a woman he was dating, who supported herself by drawing commercial paintings, did not plan, did not cook, and seemed to be a hippie artist who didn’t care about anything. . Then there are professional women from the same company as the male lead. They wear well-fitting professional skirts and are meticulously decorated. Although they are in a weak position in the workplace, they still try to find their place under the rules. After the male protagonist’s busy day of work and communication, the first episode is about to end. With the long period of relatively simple situation going upstairs from work and music, a slender hand turns on the lamp, revealing the truth of the monk. Appearance-the beautiful housewife lay on the bed and opened her eyes lazily like a Persian cat: "I called the office, and they said you are gone." It turns out that the hero is not a golden bachelor! It turns out that his wife is such a sweet style! He bent over, she leaned, the two kissed, and she told him that there was something to eat in the oven-after a whole day of fighting late at night, there were people waiting and food to eat, so what would the husband want?
However, the first episode that has shaken the burden after so much preparation is actually an illusion! Like betty's lady's dress, she washes clothes, cooks, takes care of the two children, and listens to her husband in everything. Regardless of family finances, she is a typical little woman on the surface. But she betrayed her by shaking her hands inexplicably. In fact, she was deeply anxious and had a high risk of air pressure. She couldn't talk to anyone, and even needed to see a psychologist.
The protagonist repeatedly emphasized that "I always thought that people went to see a psychologist because they were unhappy, but I look at you, look at these, look at them..." He thought he supported her in a big house without worrying about material things. There are two lively children, and there is no reason to be unhappy. However, he didn't go home until late at night, or he didn't go back at all; he went home with work or perfume, or he was too tired to pay attention to her; he didn't open his guard to her, and even refused to tell her about his birth. She reminded him to teach the naughty child. He didn't want to beat him. She always felt that it was not strong enough. In fact, it was not the child that she blamed, but his lack of care for the family. She reminded him to sit down, hug her, and complain about trivial matters most of the time when he appeared on the camera, which almost bored the spectators. How could a man be so ignorant after a day of tiredness? The hero said one day, "You are like a little girl".
Betty has a repressed personality. When she answers the words of the hero, she smiles and says "of course". She turned her back and became a disappointed person with an expressionless face. She was very angry, but she did not hide like an ostrich. vent. In the monotonous housewife's life repeated every day, she feared that she would lose her luster more and more, and miss the days she was pursued in the past. So when she talked to the psychologist, she always suspected that the men looked at her and were interesting to her; because the single female neighbor’s precocious little boy admired it, she knew it was wrong, so she gave him a strand of her own blonde hair; The boss of the husband who is a guest at home unconsciously flirts and shows admiration to attract him; he was so excited to get a model as the bait for her husband to quit, and repeatedly said that he was a model earlier. Sex became something she fantasized about after repression. She waits for her husband to come home every day, with sex in her mind from morning to night. She is also a noble housewife, so she rejected him after unconsciously seduce her boss. She had a good impression of the air-conditioning salesman who came to the house occasionally and restrained it in time. She stuck to the vibrating washing machine fantasies and had sex with him. Her depression and outbreak have also become one of the highlights of the show's conflicts, such as the wonderful ending of the 9th episode of the first season. The neighbor threatened to kill the big dog of Betty's family that bit his pigeon. The girl had a nightmare at night and crying to her parents. Betty told her husband to let her talk to her so as not to hurt her peace. The next morning, she was singing and blue sky. Under the sunny scenery of the white pigeon, the American sweetheart squinted and shot.
The details and emotions of "Mad Men" are very precise, and there is almost no time to overdo it. Take two examples from the 13 episodes of the first season. Her friend and neighbor ran to cry about her husband having an affair, and asked her what to do, "I thought you knew what to do" "Me? How would I know?" She raised her eyebrows and asked, and her friend looked straight at her. "I have no idea". Obviously, her neighbor felt that her husband had an affair, but she still looked like an innocent person who didn't know it. After a short pause to send away the neighbor, she dismissed the maid, took out an unopened phone list, and hid it. When the husband came home, he questioned him on the grounds that his friend had an affair. Looking at her question, she was clear!
"It's half past nine, why don't you spend the night in the city?"
"She should have poisoned him. How can a person treat his lover like this? Treat people who have children with him like this? Doesn't it matter? ?" Staring at her husband.
When her husband replied, "Who knows why people do this?", she stared into hatred and her chest rose and fell with anger.
But at the end of the day, he didn't want to admit the reality. He called the suspicious phone call and found that the husband was calling his psychiatrist. He was relieved immediately.
Although at the end of the first season, the protagonist moved himself because of his creativity in playing family photos when selling projectors, and finally put down his work and family to travel together, but in the end, the long mirror he sat on the stairs still left a dangerous line for the second season. It is conceivable that in the next season, the desperate housewife of betty will collapse.
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"Mad Men" has a solid script, and the actors are also good. Although the most outstanding is the male protagonist, the middle-aged crisis man, but the main characters are multi-faceted and plump: because of the jealousy of the male protagonist. The old lover who pushed the TV down the window from other men; the charming S figure enjoys the privileges of the company condiments of the beauty; the female mall owner who has taste and insisted on being one step behind or became a junior; the slick girl who doesn't want to eat soft meals but can't He doesn’t eat, is mean and obscene, but is a forced account manager... Even the female researcher who has only shown one or two scholastic images makes an impression: never smiles, and is used to talking to Freud with data. In addition to the fact that there is no obvious femininity in gender, he should also emphasize his PhD status when reporting.
The secretary, Peggy, the later copywriter, has completely different values from the women in the play. She doesn't depend on men, she tries her best to do her part and work towards her goal. She is also responsible for her choice. After the one-night stand, she did not pester the married man, but silently suffered. In the first season, her story has not yet fully unfolded, leaving a lot of foreshadowing, looking forward to the excitement of the next season.
What I can't understand is why I accepted the slick Campbell in the evening after work on the first day. He even spoke frivolously when he met her for the first time. Although he is positioned in the series as a man who is very lethal to women before getting married (but he is obviously annoying at first glance!), but after all, he is a colleague on the first day, and he has no beautiful emotions at all. Besides, he will get married on Sunday. Is "I want to see you tonight" "I must see you", is such a flirting word so lethal?
And it’s hard to believe that I didn’t know that I was pregnant until I was about to give birth! Was the knowledge of women's physical hygiene so weak in the late 1950s?
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