There is no one-hundred-percent winner in life

Al 2022-01-25 08:07:28

Tang's life is made up of period after period of affair. He is like the 007 in the advertising industry, he can walk away from the suffocating reality at any time. Some people live just to break the taboo. The blind dependence of his wife made Tang have to act as a protector, and just having fun with his lover, neither of which can confess anxiety and weakness. It was not until he met Macon that he released his inner pain.

At the end of the second season, Betty won back her husband. If she pretends that nothing happened like she used to, Tang will always ignore her needs. However, trust does not make desires honest, which is the sad part of marriage. Desire still keeps people out of the prison of responsibility, time and time again.

On the other hand, "Mad Men" shows the state of women's survival: Either catch a beetle and son-in-law once and for all, or use sex as a bait to debauchery, or be a good wife and mother, or use strength to strive for a place to survive. Every choice contains risks, and there is no one-hundred-percent winner in life. Diligent and self-defeating, like Peggy, he must also wear a low-cut outfit and sit in the arms of the customer to make a full smile. Women are not necessarily weak, but they must disguise in order to survive.


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  • Don Draper: Advertising is based on one thing: happiness. You know what happiness is? Happiness is smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of the road that screams with reassurance that whatever you're doing, its okay. You are okay.

  • Don Draper: Send him in.