Posts Tagged ‘jon hamm’
UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT
5 Ways The Series Repeats
Kimmy’s Original Problems
SPOILER ALERT: You might not want to read this post until you’ve watched the entire series. It’s terribly difficult to write a comedy about something as traumatic as kidnapping, sexual exploitation, and brainwashing. Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock) tries to do just that. Does it work? Is there a…
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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 6
Peggy & “I’ll Do It My Way…”
Doing it her way has never been easy for Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss). For subtle but understandable reasons to me as a psychoanalyst, Peggy needs Don and yet hates herself (and him) for it. She’s just not as self-assured as she thinks she should be. Then, again, neither is Don Draper (Jon Hamm). They share this.…
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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 4
Why Are You Here, Don Draper?
The ’60s were the era of redefining what tells us who we are. The country was at war in more ways than Vietnam. Women fought stereotypes at home and in the workplace. The Black Panther movement empowered marginalized citizens. This country’s cultural revolution was a sign of just how much oppressive status quos would be…
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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3
About Those Gumdrops…
It could have been the perfect day in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3. For the first time in his young life, Bobby has his mom along for a field trip and he couldn’t be more excited. It’s all going so well, too. “Me and my mom are having a conversation,” Bobby tells his teacher…
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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 2
Is There Hope for Don and Sally?
Is there hope for love in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2? Maybe between Don (Jon Ham) and Sally (Kiernan Shipka). But, first of all, Don needs to stop lying – and, finally, in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2, he’s beginning to come clean. You see, Don’s lies catch up to him when Sally…
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MAD MEN Season 7 Preview
Don Draper’s Shame
The Toll of Living a Lie
Don Draper (Jon Hamm) has been running from his past through the last six seasons of Mad Men. At least, he’s tried his best – amidst flashbacks and his brother’s return. To me as a psychoanalyst, there’s no doubt he’s a traumatized man. A man using various methods, mostly affairs, and alcohol, to convince himself it’s…
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