Or maybe the false dichotomy between good and bad people is boring? People like the Sopranos and Mad Men for being smart and subtle fictions.
Works of art actually don’t have to pass moral judgment or teach so called values to the audience.
Works of art actually don’t have to pass moral judgment or teach so called values to the audience.
Thanks for this, I was trying to put exactly this into words. I actually find Draper refreshing, he's not so much evil as he is a flawed human, as we all are. Blessed with good looks, charisma, charm and cursed with a broken childhood, insecurity, and a secret past.
True, but he still seems to do these things quite a bit more often than almost every other character on the show. They are all pretty selfish