Comments on: Don Draper’s professional/private distinction

By: Don Draper Studies I: Shoring Fragments Against Ruins — The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:16:20 +0000

[...] at Postmodern Conservative, Jason Joseph offers brief comments on Don Draper’s development in Season 4 of Mad Men. Unfortunately—and I say this [...]

By: Peter Lawler

Peter Lawler — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:51:09 +0000

Well, a fundamental fact of DON DRAPER STUDIES is that Don Draper wasn’t born and so isn’t Don Draper. He ripped the identity off a dead guy. So for him discipline and division of life into parts a singularly huge task, one bound to unravel. So we see the anguish and the memories of the real guy from time to time. We also have to add he is a caring dad. And that his partners–confronted with some troubling evidence–make it clear that they don’t care who he really is, as long as he does his job. There’s some cunning and class combined there. I, for one, like Sterling.

By: Don Draper's professional/private distinction » Dog News

Don Draper's professional/private distinction » Dog News — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:16:12 +0000

[...] he is rational, industrious, and loyal. But in his private life, he is hedonistic, selfish, … read full news Published: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:16 Tags: Don Draper's professional/private [...]