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Comment on Deconstructing Joan’s accordion début on Mad Men by Joe

Joe — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:46:04 +0000

Great article. My mind went in a completely different direction actually. Given the sensual song choice, I thought the writers were alluding to some burlesque or cabaret style job in Joan’s past, possibly a means through school. Early business skills, kind of a counterpart to Don’s hints of bartending. Another reason I could see them together by the series finale.

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D.A. — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:49:59 +0000

Wow, I hadn’t seen this. Thanks for posting!

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Comment on Sometimes I worry about spending my life in academia… by alie

alie — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:19:04 +0000

Oh God so depressing!

Also love your link to the post about Alejandro – she definitely put her finger on the things I really loved about the music video, while admitting to the issues I had with some of the content/the song itself.

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Comment on The pitfalls of gospel tourism by Participation, the Wauwatosa casserole brigade, and the notion of gospel brunch « Meredith Aska McBride

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:24:16 +0000

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Comment on Deconstructing Joan’s accordion début on Mad Men by Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:31:55 +0000

I think the argument you put forward is very interesting and I know that the writers of Mad Men are incredibly precise in the props, dress, set design etc that they choose to use, particularly when they show a new side of a character.

However, Lola does have a point in that the writers had originally wanted Christina Hendricks to play the piano to acompany the song which she doesn’t play and so she offered to play the accordion which she already knew.

The piano is an instrument that would be played by those in the higher echelons of society but given what we know of Joan’s background, she cannot be rich if she has had to pull herself up through the ranks of the secretarial pool, the writers choosing the accordion may have at first been out of convenience but it seems a much more suitable choice given the additional layer that it adds to Joan’s character.