Too Much "Art" for Don Draper

Mad Men's Don Draper gets a taste of Beat poetry and their scene and is not diggin' it. Watch the clash of cultures in this piece. See the difference in styles between the two classes.

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[theconservativelib]

The "suit" is the most creative guy in that room.

[md1960md]

"On a bed of money..."

[basskick10]

I find myself around the present-day art types like these from time to time. Of course, none of them are really quite as sharp as Roy here, but it still feels good to make them look silly with a "I blow up bridges" style line. They can't compete with you on a status or financial level, so they take solace in being able to top most people on an intellectual plane. So when THAT fails... must sting pretty badly.

[NESherv]

No, in the 2010s, it's the hipsters.

[Ryan Wilson]

The ginger girl is hilarious.

[magicapricot]

holy shit

[aznxluvlyguy4u]

the rise of unpaid whores

[threenumbnuts]

Ah, beatniks. Deluded fools who sought to not be defined by society's expectations through a self-definition opposed to said expectations. Irony at its finest.

[threenumbnuts]

In the 1960s, it's beatnik theater.

In the 2010s, it's Twilight.

[ECHOES2131]

Didn't Ginsberg said himself that there was no such thing like the beat movement?

Anyway this clip shows merely a few of pseudointellectual losers

[kickassjumpman]

"So what do you do Don?"

"—I blow up bridges"

Boom. Manages a quick "Artsy" Hemingway reference, while still being dismissive in his response. On the ball. Bravo Draper, bravo.