As AMC series Mad Men painfully grinds to its conclusion, the show is making extra references to minorities.
A flashback sequence involving Don Draper/Dick Whitman in the Korean War featured a Black soldier.
Peggy Olson had money stolen from her locker, and she reported the theft to building security. Guess who was blamed and fired for the crime? The Black elevator attendant (whose name was revealed as Sonny) and the Black janitor.
Look for the Black cafeteria worker to be terminated in the finale.
2 comments:
I think it's sad that people don't understand this critically acclaimed and award winning show. It's an expose' of the ugliness in 1960. All of the ugliness. Those characters weren't "fired" to annoy anyone, nor were they the janitors and maids, etc. to annoy anyone. Likewise, the women of the show are treated like disposable trash. This show and its brilliant writing lays bare all the dirtyness of that era. I hope you give it another chance and can see it as it is intended.
Peace
Like it or not, this is the way it was circa late '50's /early 60's. That's one of the very interesting things about the show is that it portrays this not-so-distant past where racism, anti-semitism, sexism and the ole-bot network were very much a fact of life and people lived with it. We've come a long way to the point where we can see these things and really be surprised by them.
Notice all the smoking and drinking too? It was no doubt like that as well.
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