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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk
I need to watch Mad Men but I'm betting the slight superiority is the period piece nature of it.
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No. In fact, that
Breaking Bad is occurring in present day is one of the reasons that I like BB more.
Mad Men has more to say about America and Americans than does
Breaking Bad. MM has a greater intellectual heft to it and it pulls off its full plate as deftly as BB pulls off its less-full one. MM also has a more consistent artistic vision from episode to episode; it is far easier to note big shifts in direction or writing in BB, shifts that occur when there is a first-time director or first-time principle script writer.