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As we close this out, one question still burns.
In creating this, do you think Matthew Weiner wrote with optimism or pessimism.
On one hand, Don is the embodiment of the American Dream. There is no depredation [leaving aside for the moment race and sexual orientation] in your upbringing that cannot be overcome with vision and commitment.
On the other, there are the variables that differ from straight white and male that held a number back and on the sidelines of the narrative, and even Don could not escape his memory, and suffered at every turn for it.
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We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
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