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Do you consider Mad Men a chick show?
Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:05 am
Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:05 am
I just started watching so no spoilers please. I am almost finished with season 1.
I was watching yesterday and my wife, who has never seen it, noticed and told me she heard it was a chick show.
I knew very little about the series before I started watching. I guess I can see why someone would think that. But I just started it.
I was watching yesterday and my wife, who has never seen it, noticed and told me she heard it was a chick show.
I knew very little about the series before I started watching. I guess I can see why someone would think that. But I just started it.
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Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:13 am to LanierSpots
No not exclusively at all. If anything I would think a chick would have less to relate to Don with.
Also, as I came to realize, you have to power through season 1 and most of season 2 before I really feel like the show gets going. I was almost bored to tears the first few episodes, which are not indicative of the whole series.
Also, as I came to realize, you have to power through season 1 and most of season 2 before I really feel like the show gets going. I was almost bored to tears the first few episodes, which are not indicative of the whole series.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 6:20 am to LanierSpots
I don't see it. I guess if you consider anything that doesn't have action a "chick show" then it'd qualify. But when I think "chick show", I think overly dramatic/emotional soap opera-esque drama like Grey's Anatomy. Mad Men is just a well-written drama with characters that appeal to both men and women.
This post was edited on 12/9/15 at 6:22 am
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:19 am to LanierSpots
No
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:20 am to LanierSpots
quote:Hell no.
Do you consider Mad Men a chick show?
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:27 am to LanierSpots
I wouldn't call it a chick show.
But I think a lot of women fantasized about being Draper's lover.
But I think a lot of women fantasized about being Draper's lover.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 7:30 am to LanierSpots
Nope. I like the business stuff but there are chick angles too.
In other words it was meant to appeal to a diverse audience.
In other words it was meant to appeal to a diverse audience.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 8:14 am to LanierSpots
Not at all
Posted on 12/9/15 at 8:30 am to LanierSpots
I've never once considered it a chick show and I've seen every episode. The women are treated like crap for the most part, and most of the male characters are a "man's man." Don boozes heavily and cheats on his wife constantly. How is that a chick show?
Posted on 12/9/15 at 8:48 am to LanierSpots
Most women I have tried to get into it regarded it as a "sexist chauvinist" show. It's really a commentary on those things, not a celebration of them, but it's hard to get anyone who has already formed a pre-judgement like that to change their mind. So, no. My experience is the opposite, though if you've actually watched it, you know that it is a drama with broad appeal. There are characters and situations that women would find interesting and identify with just as there are elements that appeal to male viewers. Contrast that with Gray's Anatomy, which is exclusively for women.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 8:48 am to LanierSpots
Call it what you want, but it's a great frickin show.
Now go tell your wife that all her dreams are silly and that she needs to cook you a steak tonight.
Now go tell your wife that all her dreams are silly and that she needs to cook you a steak tonight.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 8:55 am to LanierSpots
not a chick show at all
keep watching, it's one of the greats
keep watching, it's one of the greats
Posted on 12/9/15 at 9:04 am to LanierSpots
Far from a chick series.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 9:21 am to LanierSpots
In essence it is a night time drama. Essentially a soap opera. Like Dallas in the 80's.
That being said, it illustrates misogyny of the time. There is a lot of fashion in the show which women may find cool, but it is only for authenticity of the show. Illustrating what women of the time, and women of means, would wear in New York.
Later seasons some women become more powerful, but not really.
If anything Mad Men has given rise to a few manly things. Or at least had a part. Cocktails (Old Fashioned), old school barbering and shaving, Fedoras (though much more hipster).
It is a soap opera essentially. But it is the greatest one ever made. By a landslide.
That being said, it illustrates misogyny of the time. There is a lot of fashion in the show which women may find cool, but it is only for authenticity of the show. Illustrating what women of the time, and women of means, would wear in New York.
Later seasons some women become more powerful, but not really.
If anything Mad Men has given rise to a few manly things. Or at least had a part. Cocktails (Old Fashioned), old school barbering and shaving, Fedoras (though much more hipster).
It is a soap opera essentially. But it is the greatest one ever made. By a landslide.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 9:36 am to LanierSpots
I'm a chick and I couldn't get pass the third episode.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 9:42 am to Erin Go Bragh
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I'm a chick and I couldn't get pass the third episode.
You should have been fixing drinks and lady-fingers anyway. Know your damned place.
This post was edited on 12/9/15 at 9:48 am
Posted on 12/9/15 at 9:46 am to LanierSpots
Its a soap opera for women who are tired of the modern femized man. Some men also like it for the same reason.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 9:49 am to LSU alum wannabe
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You should have been fixing drinks and lady-fingers anyway.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 10:29 am to LanierSpots
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Do you consider Mad Men a chick show?
No, it's way too in-depth for that to be true. I would argue that the show is, at its core, a study of the nature and changing face of masculinity in America. I would imagine that is still a compelling storyline for women, but it is not "chick show" material.
Posted on 12/9/15 at 10:36 am to LanierSpots
I initially thought it was a chick show and didn't have any interest in watching it. I caught one episode and thought it was interesting, so decided to watch it. It's a great drama and would not at all consider it a chick show.
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