Same with Mr Robot. I don't need to watch a show about IT security and mental illness -- that's already my life. I also think that's why Mad Men and some of t

Same with Mr Robot. I don't need to watch a show about IT security and mental illness -- that's already my life. I also think that's why Mad Men and some of the Edwardian dramas are so popular: close enough to our time period that we can identify, but different enough that we don't feel that anxiety or uncomfortable connection. My dad, for example, wasn't interested in watching Mad Men -- he's from big East Coast cities and grew up in that period, went to 'Nam, etc.