Mad Men 2x7

The Gold Violin

Season 2, Episode 7

& Car Salesman (Wayne): Well, I can see you have good taste. This is the one. 1962 Coupe de Ville. Does everything but make breakfast. What are you in now?
    Don: I had a Dodge.
    Salesman: Those are wonderful if you want to get somewhere. This is for when you've already arrived.


& Roger: Didn't you go see Wayne? I'm going to eliminate your objections right away. First of all, you can afford it. Do you know how invigorating* it is to go in and write a check for $6,500 and not care? Secondly, not to get too deep before the cocktail hour, but, uh, do I need to remind you of the finite nature of life?


& Smith: Your generation wants to talk about that newly designed can and the premium beans, but we don't want to be told what we should do or how we should act. We just want to be.


& Hurry: $10,000.
    Jane: So it's smudgy* squares, huh? That's interesting.
    Hurry: Two possibilities... either Cooper loves it and you have to love it, like in an "Emperor's New Clothes" situation, or he thinks it's a joke and you'll look like a fool if you pretend to dig it.
    Salvatore: People like him pretend they understand this.

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& Ken: I don't think it's supposed to be explained.
    Salvatore: I'm an artist, okay? It must mean something.
    Ken: Maybe it doesn't. Maybe you're just supposed to experience it. Because when you look at it, you do feel something, right? It's like looking into something very deep. You could fall in.


& Ken: I'm a writer.
    Jane: I thought you were an accountant.
    Ken: Accounts.


& Cooper: Mr. Crane, you're here because of numbers. Stick to that. Don't concern yourself with aesthetics. You'll get a headache.
    Hurry: Of course.
    Cooper: People buy things to realize their aspirations*. It's the foundation of our business. But between you and me and the lamppost*, that thing should double in value by next Christmas.


& Roger: Jim Van Dyke of Martinson Coffee was thoroughly impressed. He's inviting you to join the board of the Museum of Early American Folk Arts.
    Don: That's nice. What is it?
    Roger: Doesn't exist yet.
    Cooper: But I've seen the opening exhibit. Whirligigs.
    Don: Do they need a campaign?
    Cooper: No. Philanthropy is the gateway to power.
    Don: If you say so.
    Roger: We need you to continue your excellence in advertising, but also to start treating this like part of a bigger business, which it is.
    Don: I will.
    Cooper: Do you understand what this means? You're going to be wearing your Tuxedo a lot more. It's time for the horse to catch the carrot.


& Jimmi: You know what I like about you? Nothing. But it's okay. You got me everything I wanted. What did you get? Bobbie? Lots of people have had that.
    Don: Excuse me?
    Jimmi: Please. I laugh at you. I go home at night, and I laugh at you.
    Don: I don't know what you think happened.
    Jimmi: You, you want to step out, fine. Go to a whore. You don't screw another man's wife. You're garbage. And you know it.



-- Dict:
invigorating — бодрящий
smudgy — грязный; запачканный
aspirations — чаяния
lamppost — фонарный столб
Whirligigs — is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one member that spins or whirls.


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. It's not gonna end well. Jimmi's escapade... Betti's vomitting in the new Draper's car... Someone's blood will shed now.