As uttered by the incomparable Bertram Cooper, played by the equally incomparable Robert Morse on Mad Men. Occasionally when I need a little mental reset, I re-watch the entire Mad Men series. I always liked the Bert Cooper character. He was a good counter-balance to Roger Sterling and the other rogues on the show.
Let’s consider though the quote from the beginning for a second. A man is whatever room he is right now. What does it mean? Do we assume that the person is who he claims he is when he walks into a room? Are we to forget the person’s past transgressions? He is whatever room he is in? So we are to assume who he says he is is actually who he is.
Don Draper is a broken narcissist played by the real Dick Whitman, who sought to run away from his sad life. What does drive people to seek a new identity? Is it sadness, pain or something else?
Come out, come out wherever you are.
Well with the photos for this one, we’re going with some dark ones I took during the last snow storm. Mistaken identity is kind of dark, as are the photos:
Oh man, that first photo of the man and boy in the steam; superb! Did you do any post editing for these? They’re wonderful! My only critique would be to dampen the highlights in the first couple photos. But hey, that’s just me. Keep it up!
Thanks a lot!!!!!! Really appreciate the feedback!!!!!
Glad I came across this – well done on the photos. Really captured the mood.