Cupid Bow Mouth

As much as it's an overarching theme for the show in general, facades was a major point of this episode. Everything was surface and the tension underneath. How perfect everything appeared, but the reality beneath is anything but.

( It's perfect in every way. Except it doesn't play music. )

ION, True Blood isn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's actually kinda charming, although I do find myself a little annoyed by the stereotypical angry black woman. Tara's intelligent and obviously fierce but that defensiveness is like woah! I think the chemistry between Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer is what's got me interested. Those two were burning up the screen. Too bad I don't have HBO, I'd give it a whirl, but well, my free preview is up after this weekend.

Caught an the first episode of Mad Men and while it seems very well written, and promises to be chock full of fun, wicked, scandalous hijinks, I don't think that it's for me. The steel-girded femininst in me is railing at the rampant misogny. Makes my skin crawl. I can handle that kind of thing in movies for brief periods of time, but the idea of a series full of this kind of sentiment is painful.

VK was a super creep. I'm confused by Peggy, there are secrets there, I can tell. Her boss, Mr. Draper, is such a jackass and I feel absolutely no sympathy for him. In fact I didn't really connect with any of the characters. Miss Mencken was the only one who actually piqued my interest, probably she was the only character that I came to identifying with.

I am such a sucker for kick ass women characters, and the limited, strained and restrained women just make me frustrated.

So, no Mad Men for me.