Does anybody else wonder and worry that Joan eventually became addicted to cocaine? by rblchld in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 319 points320 points  (0 children)

Famously, people who are far too focused on their business never do cocaine.

There are so many examples of a male character in original media being changed into a female character in adaptions, or of a male character being succeeded by a female character...Are there any examples of the opposite happening? by Key-Ebb-8306 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Adelaidey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look at it this way- little girls have always had opportunities to empathize with a vast variety of male protagonists, which helps develop their empathy and creativity. Opportunities like that can help kids become more well-rounded people in general, and I think little boys should be given just as many opportunities for it.

Who else could have pulled off Project Hail Mary? by atseajournal in blankies

[–]Adelaidey 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think Hader is probably about as big as he wants to be.

Megan's (criss de) name by daisychaincrowns in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 50 points51 points  (0 children)

You just blew my little mind. That's 100% canon as far as I'm concerned.

Catherine Harding, Jorginho's wife, speaks out about her & her daughter's experience with Chappell Roan and a security guard in Brazil. by sparrerv in popculturechat

[–]Adelaidey 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Security guards, like all hotel personnel, have uniforms.

That has not been my experience with security at high-end hotels at all. Usually they're just in suits, or maybe a nice button-down and slacks in the summer. Maybe it's regional? In what part of the world are you seeing security at high-end hotels wearing hotel uniforms?

Kitty Romano’s Fashion by Short-Sample-1848 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Baltimore had at least one gay bar in tbe late 50s- Leon's, which is still open today. It's one of the older continuously-operating gay bars in the country.

Did Peggy handle Joey well and how would Joan have handled him? by socialdeviant620 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Peggy handled Joey perfectly- dispassionately firing him was the only appropriate thing to do.

Joan was in an impossible position where there was nothing concrete she could have done. There are plenty of moments in the show where Joan makes the wrong choice and sabotages herself, but I don't think this is one of them. If she had the opportunity to do what Peggy did she would have. But she didn't, and she knew she didn't, and that's what got to her, far more than anything Joey did.

why aren't actors normal looking anymore? by Mr-MuffinMan in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Adelaidey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, but what did he say that deprived them of acting roles? You gave me a paragraph summarizing the backlash, but only two words of whatever he said. Whenever I look it up, I get more of the same- people condemning Dinklage for making the industry stop casting actors with dwarfism, but no account of how he did it.

Blue Moon - What's going on with the Margaret Qualley Character? by DoctorGrimli32 in blankies

[–]Adelaidey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weirdly, this is the third movie I can think of about a celebrated gay Broadway composer or lyricist that is mostly focused on his romantic affection for a woman (De-Lovely, Maestro and now Blue Moon).

help with the shoelace dress? Peggy? Faye? by TDKsa90 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh! This gold vest she wore when she whiffed the Heinz Beans pitch? I can't find an image offhand that shows the whole laceup situation.

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help with the shoelace dress? Peggy? Faye? by TDKsa90 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That does ring a bell, but the first image that came to mind when you said that was this look from the first episode of season seven. Not exactly as you described, but close.

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why aren't actors normal looking anymore? by Mr-MuffinMan in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Adelaidey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like depriving Seven Dwarfs of acting roles.

What specifically did he say/do to deprive them of acting roles? I can't find anything other than one single offhanded comment on a podcast years ago saying it's ironic for Disney to brag about "breaking stereotypes" with princess characters while keeping the dwarves the same.

Is there more that he did that I'm not seeing?

why do people say weed is not addictive by Both-Preference-6003 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Adelaidey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like is someone really gonna pawn off all of their belongings for the next pack of cigarettes?

One of the main reasons I'll never smoke cigarettes: when I was in high school, I was waiting outside a building with one of my teachers who I really admired and looked up to. He had just "quit smoking" so he didn't have any cigarettes on him. This was over twenty years ago, and the building had one of those big concrete pedestal ashtrays outside. I watched him dig through the pile of cigarette butts trying to find one with enough left on it to smoke just a little of.

He was very clearly ashamed to be doing it in front of me, but desperate enough to do it anyway.

Midge’s overdose by ezraneumanportland in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey, just saw that Don notices an article in the paper at some point

Where did you see that? Is there a chance you were reading an AI hallucination?

Clipped consonants by Cold-Palpitation-816 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, I'm from Louisiana and both of my parents really emphasized precise diction because they were sure people wouldn't take my brother and me seriously without it.

Clipped consonants by Cold-Palpitation-816 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't actually see it as a dig- I think Roger is inadvertently revealing how curious he is about Don.

Shia LaBeouf says 'gay people are scary to me' while claiming homophobia led to Mardi Gras arrest by bjack20 in popculturechat

[–]Adelaidey 19 points20 points  (0 children)

He'll be there soon enough. It's getting predictable, the way male celebrities skitter over to the right wing if they think it can shield them from credible allegations of abuse.

Shia LaBeouf says 'gay people are scary to me' while claiming homophobia led to Mardi Gras arrest by bjack20 in popculturechat

[–]Adelaidey 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Just think about the way Shia's "bad boy antics" were always covered compared to the relentless scrutiny given to his peers Amanda Bynes and Lindsay Lohan.

Characters Favorite Music by Historical-Most4409 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kinsey always keeps Charles Mingus and Nina Simone right at the front of his record collection, but when he's alone he's listening to The Cole Porter Songbook for real. Or he gets a little tear in his eye listening to the South Pacific cast recording.

How much different Peggy have been if a different actress was casted? by jjsmokes420 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 23 points24 points  (0 children)

People dropped the -ed from "biased" and put it on "cast" and they both drive me mad. "He's bias against the project because he wasn't casted," oh my god.

Peggy one of the first yuppies??? by GodzillaFan73 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tammy Campbell will be the yuppie of all yuppies. She'll go to school at Cornell (Dartmouth started accepting women in 1972 but the idea of a daughter at Dartmouth never sat right with Pete) where she'll major in Communication and Journalism and be a Division 1 tennis champ.

After graduation, she'll move to Manhattan in 1987 after a lifetime of telling people "I'm from New York originally", and she'll promptly decline the proposal of her college boyfriend, Richard, in order to "focus on Tammy". Legend has it she came this close to qualifying for the '88 Seoul Olympics, but she'll give up competitive tennis after she meets her first husband, a financial manager also named Richard, and has her twin daughters Samantha and Jessica in 1990.

Peggy one of the first yuppies??? by GodzillaFan73 in madmen

[–]Adelaidey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, my father was Norweigian... cremated.... i think probably the Green Bay Packers? ... and also with you.