#his subsequent decision to hang himself in his scdp office) have such a deliberate air of storytelling

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ofc everyone talks about this all the time but it really can't be overstated how good mad men was at capturing an image. there are so many shots from the show that stand on their own and tell complete stories just as photographs. cynical in that the show understands completely the way still images can be crafted to manipulate the viewer into assigning real humanity and emotionality to abstract symbols. love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons. so it's understood when we seen don hang his head in despair that he is aware of what he looks like, he's acting grief. and the same idea can be applied to almost all characters and images we see. but also deeply moving to think of this lonely world of characters trapped behind the glossy covers of their magazines only able to act out their feelings through images they know to be false.