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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question...Why did Don leave the meeting?  Was it because he saw the plane and immediately thought of Diane and wanted to see her, or was it something else that I missed?[/quote]

I think he left because he realized he was one of many on the campaign, no longer unique. Business is more rigid there, everyone had notebooks and pens. It was completely different than where he came from, where he was top dog and could speak off the cuff. [/quote]

there's more to it than that. The guy's approach--McCann's approach--is just what Don has always hated--research-based, bringing people down to their consumer choices.  Don has always seen people as the products of their hpopes and dreams, and advertising as tapping into what people don't know or can't admit they want. ("Finally, something beautiful you can truly own")  His pitches have never, ever, been about what other things the target audience owns. [/quote]

No, it WAS the approach that Don has always used. The way the guy was pitching it was just like Don would. He was talking about who this beer drinker was, what he feels, what he wants. The guy was telling a story like Don would. That was classic Don. And Don realized he was looking at another version of himself. There were even more clones of him sitting around the table, all taking notes in sync.

Read PP's link about DB Cooper. Fascinating stuff. [/quote]

pp here. You really don't get the show. Go back and watch again. It was not at all like what Don would have done. The cadence of the voice made you think it was headed that way at first, and that we have only ever really seen Don in that role in the show. But then the guy droned on and on and Don started looking out the window.  He kept providing factoid after factoid about this man who lives in another state.  Every single one of Don's pitches is him talking about himself, one way or another.  He didn't leave bc he realized he was identical to everyone there, but because he didn't fit in.

http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/05/mad-style-lost-horizon/ it's even in the costuming. They refute your exact position in there, too.[/quote]

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