Here’s the part they didn’t publish:
Thank you so much for your wonderful article about the best show on television! I have rarely seen anything that even approaches the quality of writing, acting, and production that Mad Men delivered for 13 fabulous weeks last summer, and I am breathless waiting for season 2′s premiere.
My sister and I love talking about the show so much that we started a blog (Basket of Kisses) about it. There, we’ve found other obsessed viewers, and together we discuss the complexity and nuance of our favorite characters, cogitate on 1960 and the cultural mileu, contemplate what may come next, examine symbolism, subtext, the motifs of birds and trains, and the departure of the hat from men’s fashion.
…and I signed it with a link to the blog. Darn them.
July 7, 2008 at 11:23 am
I just figured they’d cut the name out, and the link.
Darn them.
July 7, 2008 at 11:26 am
And on the other hand, they sometimes credit a letter’s author, usually when they have expertise on a subject. Oh well.
July 7, 2008 at 2:47 pm
You mean like -
Deborah Lipp
Deborah Lipp is a hugely obsessed Man Men fan who understands all of the nuances of the television show. Her knowledge can be found at madmenmad.worpress.com?
I only kid b/c I love. Congrats on getting the letter printed I thought it was a great letter.
July 7, 2008 at 3:21 pm
That’s exactly what I meant!
July 7, 2008 at 4:26 pm
latenac, nicely translated.
July 8, 2008 at 1:52 am
Since we are talking about a season one marathon I had to include a quote from Matt Weiner. It is what he says Mad Men is all about and comes from the S1 DVD extra called “Establishing Mad Men pt 1″
“Mad Men is about the conflicting desires in the American Male and the people who pay the price for that, who are the women.” MW
Season one sets up the universe as it has been working so far and season two will blow all that out of the water and we have to watch to see who survives.
July 8, 2008 at 5:40 am
Great quote.