Don fucking Draper

Depending on who you ask, this fictional iron jaw man is either the greatest inspirational character in TV history or the biggest scumbag to ever disgrace the screen..

I’m trying to understand why he is beloved/hated

And I’m trying to do it in a very simple and hopefully not douchebag-from-YouTube-essay way

Let’s roll

Why is Don so LOVED?

Don is the American Dream come true

A piece of shit loser raised in a whorehouse that faked an entirely new identity and somehow managed to become a rich superstar in the advertising industry against all the shitty odds given to him by God

Lot of people connect with that, they say in America anyone can make it

In the fictional world of 50s NYC, Draper proved it true and a lot of aspiring princes look up to him as a model hustler

He is also (on surface) the masculine ideal

Well dressed, bountiful in social status, financially successful, great at fucking hoes

What’s not to like?

Every man with working testicles will admit that he wants all those things

In the modern canola world where people look up to characters and gurus online to inspire them, Donny D is a solid starter pack character

Some deep introspective souls might connect with him for entirely different reasons

Maybe because the real charm in Draper is how big of a fuck up he is in his personal life and the relatable mirror he holds against the life of the modern male

On paper Don has it all, but as we go through more and more seasons in the show we see how broken this dickhead really is

Can fuck every girl but can’t hold a relationship, drinks himself to death, lonely despite his many “friends”, shitty father, shitty brother, shitty business partner

He fucks up everything he touches (in his personal life) but on the outside he acts like king of the hill, there’s nothing wrong with him and he’s a genius

That’s what many men feel is expected of them, pretend you have the biggest cock while you cry in the bathroom five minutes after

If you’re not XY, fucking die

So everyone puts on an eminence front and plays the game like Don

Very commonplace and makes him our representative of the broken studs

Why is Don HATED?

Mainly I see this by female viewers and gays buuut it’s not that unjustified

Don is a SCUMBAG, straight up

He’s a serial cheater, his ego is like a cancerous tumor, he steps on the feet of business partners when he feels slighted, he basically got his own brother sent to the pearly gates, his kid girl doesn’t respect him and his boy kid is a retard, he is ungrateful, he tans terribly and so on and so on

A lot of people it seems can’t find the grace and value in Don’s flaws and I guess it’s all perspective

To be honest, would you like working with Don?

Nah

He’s better to view from a distance

Like a butterface

If we had a Don in our personal lives, unless he gave us money and free booze we probably wouldn’t stand him

Just because Betty is a piece of shit it doesn’t mean we have to pretend Don is a saint

Although no one does? There’s this notion the show wants us to herald him even though it’s clear from the show title and storylines that this guy is no hero, just very successful and a survivor of his own vices

Don Draper is many things but definitely not forgettable

Okay, nothing more to add

Gonna drink some vitamins and feel annoyed about not having another million dollars and a blowjob

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