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I watched the full series in like 2016 for the first time and decided to read the AV Club’s excellent contemporary reviews after each episode to engage a bit mo

I watched the full series in like 2016 for the first time and decided to read the AV Club’s excellent contemporary reviews after each episode to engage a bit more with the show. Highly recommend. Here’s S02E01: https://www.avclub.com/mad-men-for-those-who-think-young-1798204710 https://www.avclub.com/mad-men-for-those-who-think-young-179... Those reviews often clued me into the nice little period touches the show does. It’s also fun to read all the guesswork people were doing to figure out where the show was going next. The comments are great. (Note they didn’t review all of season 1 at the time, but revisited it in 2013 with some light spoilers of the full story)

ev7 4y ago
Will check out the AV Club reviews! These look great. By the way, you might want contemporaneous instead of contemporary [0]. [0] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30207/contemporary-vs-contemporaneous https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30207/contempora...
- lelandfe 4y ago
  Hah, I waffled between the two while writing. Thanks!
- OJFord 4y ago
  As your own link concurs, GP's usage is not incorrect, just potentially ambiguous because of the (sometimes proscribed) 'contempory [to now]' meaning.
agentwiggles 4y ago
I always looked at these kind of per-episode analyses with some skepticism, but I recently got into Deadwood as a result of Very Bad Wizard's podcast series on the show (they cover an episode about every 2 weeks as bonus patreon content for their regular podcast). For shows that have the requisite depth to be worth the analysis, content like this turns out to be a fun way to enhance your understanding of the themes of the show. The VBW thing is behind their paywall so you'd probably have to already be a fan of the show to be convinced it's worthwhile, but their coverage really enhanced my viewing of the show (although they've only got episodes up through the first season so far, and if you start Deadwood you definitely won't be able to wait for them, it's pretty compelling).
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ev7 4y ago

Will check out the AV Club reviews! These look great. By the way, you might want contemporaneous instead of contemporary [0]. [0] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30207/contemporary-vs-contemporaneous https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30207/contempora...

lelandfe 4y ago
Hah, I waffled between the two while writing. Thanks!
OJFord 4y ago
As your own link concurs, GP's usage is not incorrect, just potentially ambiguous because of the (sometimes proscribed) 'contempory [to now]' meaning.

agentwiggles 4y ago

I always looked at these kind of per-episode analyses with some skepticism, but I recently got into Deadwood as a result of Very Bad Wizard's podcast series on the show (they cover an episode about every 2 weeks as bonus patreon content for their regular podcast). For shows that have the requisite depth to be worth the analysis, content like this turns out to be a fun way to enhance your understanding of the themes of the show. The VBW thing is behind their paywall so you'd probably have to already be a fan of the show to be convinced it's worthwhile, but their coverage really enhanced my viewing of the show (although they've only got episodes up through the first season so far, and if you start Deadwood you definitely won't be able to wait for them, it's pretty compelling).

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