The Foreign Language of Mad Men

[Henry M]

Even the article in Atlantic isn't fresh:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/02/10/mad_men_vs_downton_abbey_which_show_is_more_careful_about_language_.html
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That said, the show(s) in question are art/models, and as such can not ever
map 1:1 to the universe that they represent.  The dialogue is no more (or
less) artificial, however, than the dialogue in "reality" tv shows, which
are actually artificial and highly scripted, or political speeches, whether
intelligent, complicated, and teleprompted, or simply a string of ignorant,
simple, well-rehearsed hateful lies.

AsB4,
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Henry Mu
http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20


On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:56 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> How easy is it to recreate 60s language?  Not so easy, it turns out.
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> http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/the-foreign-language-of-mad-men/254668/
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> LK
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