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zazen

(2,978 posts)
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 11:16 PM Mar 2012

Did anyone else see oblique Occupy references in Mad Men's premiere tonight?

The season 5 opener deals much more directly with the civil rights movement, and in the first scene, the young white execs at the competing agency are shouting at the protesters "Get A Job," and throwing water balloons at them. I couldn't help but wonder if the reference to Occupy was intentional (this was shot four-five months ago, I think).

Of course bigots shouted a lot at protesters in the 60s, but get a job wasn't what was hurled at "Negroes"--more like at Hippies in the early 70s. "Negroes" got a lot worse, but "get a job" wasn't a common insult, as I understand it (I was two at the time so obviously don't remember it directly.)

thoughts?

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Did anyone else see oblique Occupy references in Mad Men's premiere tonight? (Original Post) zazen Mar 2012 OP
Mid 60's not 70's for hippies, blacks, others unc70 Mar 2012 #1
"beatniks are out to make it rich,oh no, must be the season of the witch" madrchsod Mar 2012 #2
People were yelling "get a job" at other people long before Occupy came along. Brickbat Mar 2012 #3

unc70

(6,115 posts)
1. Mid 60's not 70's for hippies, blacks, others
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 12:55 AM
Mar 2012

Haven't seen episode yet. Those kinds of putdowns go back to the Beat Generation, Beatnik, etc. stereotypes from the late 1950's. Probably still earlier.

The term hippie or hippy was around in earlier, but replaced beatnik by 1965. The Summer of Love was 1967.

Not to suggest the references to OWS are not in the MM episode.

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