I've been watching a lot Mad Men lately. The show kind of disturbs me. There is something about Don, and his personal crises of character that I identify so much with. It's the show's presentation of the characters that makes it so disturbing. The writers don't judge. These people do these things that are quite awful sometimes, but it's not written the way most shows write it. They do something shitty, and in the next scene they hold their child, and play with them. It's not like they came to some realization about their behavior. There's no epiphany. And yet, there they are being a loving parent, or just generally being a good person. These characters are complex. They may not all be deep, but they are all complex, and I love it as it depresses me.
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